Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 and rheumatic disease in China 'hot spot' versus in US 'hot spot': similarities and differences

Jun Zhao^#¹, Rongrong Pang^#^{1

2}, Jian Wu^#¹, Yanju Guo¹, Yang Yang¹, Libo Zhang^{1

2}, Xinyi Xia^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ COVID-19 Research Center, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Red Cross Blood Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210003, China.
³ COVID-19 Research Center, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China xiaxynju@163.com.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Blood Transfusion, Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China.
⁵ Joint Expert Group for COVID-19, Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China.

^# Contributed equally.

Comment

Jun Zhao et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;80(5):e63.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218183. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

Jun Zhao^#¹, Rongrong Pang^#^{1

2}, Jian Wu^#¹, Yanju Guo¹, Yang Yang¹, Libo Zhang^{1

2}, Xinyi Xia^{3

4

5}

¹ COVID-19 Research Center, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Red Cross Blood Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210003, China.
³ COVID-19 Research Center, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China xiaxynju@163.com.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Blood Transfusion, Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China.
⁵ Joint Expert Group for COVID-19, Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Sjogren's syndrome; arthritis, rheumatoid; autoimmune diseases; hydroxychloroquine; lupus erythematosus, systemic.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and rheumatic disease: a comparative cohort study from a US 'hot spot'.
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