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- Title
Recurrence of immune thrombocytopenia at the time of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- Authors
Merli, Michele; Ageno, Walter; Sessa, Fausto; Salvini, Marco; Caramazza, Domenica; Mora, Barbara; Rossi, Agostino; Rovelli, Cristina; Passamonti, Francesco; Grossi, Paolo
- Abstract
Dear Editor On March 2020, the World Health Organization declared current outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, a global pandemic. 1 Timeline of platelet count after treatment of secondary (systemic lupus erythematosus-related) ITP recurrence in a 37-year-old female patient with COVID-19 infection. Consistently with the British practical guidelines for ITP patients at time of COVID-19 infection [[5]], we adopted a more cautious therapeutic strategy that initially included IVIG, followed by corticosteroids.
- Subjects
SARS-CoV-2; IDIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura; COVID-19; BLOOD diseases; BLOOD cell count; BLOOD platelet disorders; THROMBOPENIC purpura diagnosis; VIRAL pneumonia; THROMBOPENIC purpura; DISEASE relapse; EPIDEMICS; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Annals of Hematology, 2020, Vol 99, Issue 8, p1951
- ISSN
0939-5555
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.1007/s00277-020-04130-2