Long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized children: findings from an Italian single-center study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll procedures adhered to ethical standards set forth by the responsible committee on human experimentation and were in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as amended in 2000. The study received approval from the Ethics Committee (name of the Approval Committee: Milano Area 1, protocol number 0037072). All participants or their responsible guardians were asked for and gave their written consent after being informed about the nature of the study. Consent for publicationAll participants or their responsible guardians were asked for and gave their consent for pubblication after being informed about the nature of the study. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding The project received contributions from (1) HORIZON-HLTH-2021-CORONA-01 CoVICIS project number 101046041; (2) Bando Cariplo Networking research &training post-COVID protocol number 2021–4490."