Patients with COVID‐19‐Associated Hematologic Abnormalities and the Potential Role of the Cytokine Storm: A Case Series Study

Ali Asadollahi-Amin; Fereshteh Ghiasvand; Mehrdad Hasibi; Simin Seyedpour; Alireza Barzegary; Fatemeh Ghadimi; Seyed Ahmad SeyedAlinaghi; Omid Dadras

doi:10.52547/vacres.7.2.9

Vaccine Research (Dec 2020)

Patients with COVID‐19‐Associated Hematologic Abnormalities and the Potential Role of the Cytokine Storm: A Case Series Study

Ali Asadollahi-Amin,
Fereshteh Ghiasvand,
Mehrdad Hasibi,
Simin Seyedpour,
Alireza Barzegary ,
Fatemeh Ghadimi,
Seyed Ahmad SeyedAlinaghi ,
Omid Dadras

Affiliations

Ali Asadollahi-Amin: ORCiD; Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fereshteh Ghiasvand: ORCiD; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mehrdad Hasibi: ORCiD; Department of Infectious Diseases, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Simin Seyedpour: ORCiD; Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Alireza Barzegary: ORCiD; Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Fatemeh Ghadimi: ORCiD; Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Ahmad SeyedAlinaghi: ORCiD; Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Omid Dadras: ORCiD; Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52547/vacres.7.2.9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 2
pp. 9 – 14

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We report a case series of nine patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Tehran, Iran. This paper also reports narrative information on the signs and symptoms of the patients and discusses the potential immunologic perspective of the disease, especially with respect to the cytokine storm.

Published in Vaccine Research

ISSN: 2383-2819 (Print); 2423-4923 (Online)
Publisher: Pasteur Institute of Iran
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine; Science
Website: http://vacres.pasteur.ac.ir/

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