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ArticleClinical case reports2020

COVID-19 and thalassemia beta major in splenectomized patient: Clinical case progression and literature review.

Lina Okar, Mohammad Ali, Jabeed Parengal, Mohamed A Yassin

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lina OkarDepartment of Medical Education Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-1235
Mohammad AliDepartment of Medical Education Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
Jabeed ParengalDepartment of Medicine Infectious Disease Section Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
Mohamed A YassinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hematology Section National Center for Cancer Care & Research Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the possibility of asymptomatic course for COVID-19 infection in splenectomized thalassemia beta major patients is present, screening them for COVID-19 is important as the progression is still not clear.

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blood transfusionCOVID‐19hemoglobinopathiesiron chelation therapysplenectomythalassemia beta major

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PMID33363851
PMCPMC7752600

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