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Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3249 (Published 27 August 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3249Read our latest coverage of the coronavirus outbreak

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