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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 26;8(12):3349-3351.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3369. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Can COVID-19 cause severe neutropenia?

Patricia López-Pereira  1 , Isabel Iturrate  1 , Rafael de La Cámara  1 , Laura Cardeñoso  2 , Adrián Alegre  1 , Beatriz Aguado  1
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Case Reports

Can COVID-19 cause severe neutropenia?

Patricia López-Pereira et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

This is the first case of acquired severe neutropenia in the context of COVID-19 reported to date. This could illustrate another less frequent hematological disorder related to this novel viral infection.

Keywords: COVID‐19; G‐CSF; coronavirus; neutropenia.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Absolute neutrophil count evolution. The blue arrow points a single dose of G‐CSF administration on 14/04/2020
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