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. 2020 May 11;91(2):216-217.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i2.9532.

Rare Anaemias, Sickle-Cell Disease and COVID-19

Joan-Lluis Vives Corrons  1 , Vincenzo De Sanctis  2
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Rare Anaemias, Sickle-Cell Disease and COVID-19

Joan-Lluis Vives Corrons et al. Acta Biomed. .

Abstract

For rare haematological diseases (RHD), the first question to be answered is if patients with be- nign red blood cell (RBC) defects like haemoglobinopathies, membranopathies and enzymopathies are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. Up to now, there is no yet literature on the subject, but, like in general population, the presence of comorbidities such as diabetes, heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, reduced kidney and/or liver function, worsen the effects of the infection. Splenectomy may be an additional risk factor.

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