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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul;190(2):e61-e64.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.16850. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

COVID-19-associated immune thrombocytopenia

Gienke Bomhof  1 , Pim G N J Mutsaers  2 , Frank W G Leebeek  2 , Peter A W Te Boekhorst  2 , Johannes Hofland  3 , F Nanne Croles  1 , A J Gerard Jansen  2
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Case Reports

COVID-19-associated immune thrombocytopenia

Gienke Bomhof et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest in carrying out this study.

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The course of platelet counts of three patients (A‐C) with COVID‐19‐associated immune thrombocytopenia. Patient 3 (C) died at day 13 because of an intracerebral bleeding. IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulins (1 g/kg on two consecutive days); PC, platelet concentrate transfusion; DEX, 4 days 40 mg/day treatment with dexamethasone.
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