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Case Reports
. 2021 Feb;43(1):e28-e30.
doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13346. Epub 2020 Sep 20.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura after COVID-19 infection

Michael Levraut  1 , Marie Ottavi  1 , Sarah Lechtman  1 , Véronique Mondain  2 , Pierre-Yves Jeandel  1
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Case Reports

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura after COVID-19 infection

Michael Levraut et al. Int J Lab Hematol. 2021 Feb.
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Conflict of interest statement

Levraut M, Ottavi M, Lechtman S, Mondain V, and Jeandel PY have no competing interests.

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Figure 1
A, Chest CT scan showing bilateral and subpleural frosted glass beaches evocative of COVID‐19 pneumonia. B, Lower limb purpura and bruises
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