Lupus anticoagulant hypoprothrombinemia syndrome - could it be a sequelae of COVID-19?

Nusa Matijasic Stjepovic¹, Izabela Kranjcec¹, Alenka Gagro^{2

3}, Gordana Jakovljevic^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology and Hematology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
² Division of Pulmonology, Allergology, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.

Nusa Matijasic Stjepovic et al. Blood Res. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 31;58(1):77-79.

doi: 10.5045/br.2023.2022200. Epub 2023 Feb 27.

Nusa Matijasic Stjepovic¹, Izabela Kranjcec¹, Alenka Gagro^{2

3}, Gordana Jakovljevic^{1

4}

¹ Department of Oncology and Hematology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
² Division of Pulmonology, Allergology, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.

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