Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in COVID-19: Is it stimulating more than just the bone marrow?

Tamara Nawar^{1

2}, Sejal Morjaria^{1

2}, Anna Kaltsas^{1

2}, Dhruvkumar Patel³, Rocio Perez-Johnston^{4

2}, Anthony F Daniyan^{5

2}, Sham Mailankody^{6

2}, Rekha Parameswaran^{7

2}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
² Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.
³ Department of Quality and Safety, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁵ Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁶ Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁷ Hematology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

Tamara Nawar et al. Am J Hematol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;95(8):E210-E213.

doi: 10.1002/ajh.25870. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Tamara Nawar^{1

2}, Sejal Morjaria^{1

2}, Anna Kaltsas^{1

2}, Dhruvkumar Patel³, Rocio Perez-Johnston^{4

2}, Anthony F Daniyan^{5

2}, Sham Mailankody^{6

2}, Rekha Parameswaran^{7

2}

¹ Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
² Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.
³ Department of Quality and Safety, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁵ Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁶ Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
⁷ Hematology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.

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