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. 2021 May 14;2(5):501-504.
doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.03.003. Epub 2021 Mar 25.

Defining long COVID: Going back to the start

Nisreen A Alwan  1   2   3 , Luke Johnson  1
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Defining long COVID: Going back to the start

Nisreen A Alwan et al. Med. .

Abstract

"Long COVID" is the condition whereby affected individuals do not recover for several weeks or months following the onset of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, whether tested or not.1 The name "long COVID" was created by the people experiencing it in Spring 2020 to describe their journeys of not recovering.2 Here, we suggest a way to standardize its definition through outlining what constitutes initial infection with COVID-19.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no financial conflicts of interest. N.A.A. had/has symptoms of long COVID. In October 2020, N.A.A. provided expert feedback in relation to one scoping meeting for the NICE/SIGN/RCGP Long COVID Rapid Guideline.

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