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. 2021 Feb;76(2):562-564.
doi: 10.1111/all.14455. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Eosinopenia is associated with greater severity in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Lei Zhao  1 , Ye-Ping Zhang  1 , Xinchun Yang  1 , Xin Liu  2
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Eosinopenia is associated with greater severity in patients with coronavirus disease 2019

Lei Zhao et al. Allergy. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; eosinophils; infections; inflammation; virus.

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FIGURE 1
Correlation between eosinophil and lymphocyte counts (×109/L) (A) and correlation between eosinophil counts (×109/L) and high sensitive C‐reactive protein levels (mg/L) (B) in blood from COVID‐19 patients. Spearman's test was used to evaluate the correlation. hsCRP, high sensitive C‐reactive protein
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