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European Journal of General Practice Volume 29, 2023 - Issue 2: Special Issue on COVID-19
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Initial symptoms and three months follow-up after acute COVID-19 in outpatients: An international prospective cohort study

Katarina Hedina Futurum, Region Jönköping County, and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;b Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Family Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Alike W. van der Veldenc Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9443-2837
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Malene Plejdrup Hansend Center for General Practice at, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-1369
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Anna B. Moberge Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-8469
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Anca Balanf Balan Medfarm SRL, Cluj Napoca, RomaniaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-1505
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Pascale Brunog Département de Santé Publique, Université Côte d’Azur, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Nice, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8022-114X
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Samuel Coenenh Centre for General Practice, Department of Family Medicine & Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp (Wilrijk), BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1238-8052
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Eskild Johansend Center for General Practice at, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Anna Kowalczyki Centre for Family and Community Medicine, the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, PolandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-2085
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Peter Konstantin Kurotschkaj Department of General Practice, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3750-6147
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Sanne R. van der Lindec Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Lile Malaniak National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, GeorgiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-4752
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Jörn Rohdej Department of General Practice, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6086-4455
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Jan Verbakell EPI-Centre, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;m Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7166-7211
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Heike Vornhagenn Data Science Institute, National University of Galway, Galway, IrelandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-9786
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Akke Vellingao School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6583-4300
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Article: 2154074 | Received 12 May 2022, Accepted 03 Nov 2022, Published online: 19 Jan 2023

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