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. 2020 Aug;136(2):229-231.
doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003984.

Lymphopenia and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection Among Hospitalized Obstetric Patients

Cassandra R Duffy  1 , Jessica M Hart, Anna M Modest, Michele R Hacker, Toni Golen, Yunping Li, Chloe Zera, Scott A Shainker, Preeti Mehrotra, Rebecca Zash, Blair J Wylie
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Lymphopenia and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection Among Hospitalized Obstetric Patients

Cassandra R Duffy et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Lymphopenia does not identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among asymptomatic patients admitted to an obstetrics unit or among obstetric patients under investigation for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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