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letter . 2020 Sep 2:hcaa260. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcaa260
Eosinophil count in coronavirus disease 2019: more doubts than answers
Giuseppe Lippi
h1,✉, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar
h2, Brandon M Henry
h3
Giuseppe Lippi
h1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Fabian Sanchis-Gomar
h2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain
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Brandon M Henry
h3
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA
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h1Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
h2Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia and INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain
h3
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, USA
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Corresponding Author: Prof. Giuseppe Lippi, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital of Verona, Piazzale LA Scuro, 37134 Verona, Italy, Tel. +39-045-8124308, Fax. +39-045-8122970, Email: giuseppe.lippi@univr.it
Received 2020 Aug 19; Accepted 2020 Aug 20.
Keywords: coronavirus, COVID-19, eosinopenia, eosinophils
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