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. 2020 Oct:194:192-194.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.06.042. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

The pathogenesis of thromboembolic disease in covid-19 patients: Could be a catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome?

Giulia Previtali  1 , Michela Seghezzi  2 , Valentina Moioli  2 , Aurelio Sonzogni  3 , Lorenzo Cerutti  2 , Roberto Marozzi  2 , Rudi Ravasio  2 , Andrea Gianatti  3 , Giovanni Guerra  2 , Maria Grazia Alessio  2
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The pathogenesis of thromboembolic disease in covid-19 patients: Could be a catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome?

Giulia Previtali et al. Thromb Res. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Antiphospholipid antibodies; Autopsies; CAPS; COVID-19; Thromboembolism.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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