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Review
. 2023 Nov;114(11):687-691.
doi: 10.1701/4133.41273.

Extremely severe thrombocytopenia in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts as a consequence of cytomegalovirus infection

Antonio Mastroianni  1 , Sonia Greco  1 , Valeria Vangeli  1 , Maria Vittoria Mauro  2 , Francesca Greco  2 , Roberto Manfredi  3
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Review

Extremely severe thrombocytopenia in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts as a consequence of cytomegalovirus infection

Antonio Mastroianni et al. Recenti Prog Med. 2023 Nov.

Abstract

Two recent cases of extremely severe thrombocytopenic purpura related to a concomitant cytomegalovirus infection, either associated or not with an underlying immunosuppression, draw our attention on this intriguing pathologic association, on the ground of an updated literature review.

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