Antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: A difficult relationship

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¹ Emergency Department and Critical Care Area, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University-Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: gianesellol@aou-careggi.toscana.it.

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Vittorio Pavoni et al. Thromb Res. 2020 Oct.

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doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.06.040. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

¹ Emergency Department and Critical Care Area, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, Bagno a Ripoli, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University-Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy. Electronic address: gianesellol@aou-careggi.toscana.it.

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Antiphospholipid antibodies are not elevated in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and venous thromboembolism.
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