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Mechanisms involved in the development of thrombocytopenia in patients with COVID-19

Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Emerging genetic and clinical evidence suggests similarities between COVID-19 patients and those with severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome. Hematological changes such as lymphopenia...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Yujiao, Zeng, Xiaoyuan, Jiao, Yingying, Li, Zongpeng, Liu, Qifa, Ye, Jieyu, Yang, Mo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32535232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2020.06.008
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Sumario:Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Emerging genetic and clinical evidence suggests similarities between COVID-19 patients and those with severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome. Hematological changes such as lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia are not rare in COVID-19 patients, and a smaller population of these patients had leukopenia. Thrombocytopenia was detected in 5–41.7% of the patients with COVID-19. Analyzing the dynamic decrease in platelet counts may be useful in the prognosis of patients with COVID-19. However, the mechanisms underlying the development of thrombocytopenia remain to be elucidated. This review summarizes the hematological changes in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and possible underlying mechanisms of thrombocytopenia development.