Reduction of ADAMTS13 Levels Predicts Mortality in SARS-CoV-2 Patients

Giovanni L. Tiscia; Giovanni Favuzzi; Antonio De Laurenzo; Filomena Cappucci; Lucia Fischetti; Lazzaro di Mauro; Giuseppe Miscio; Antonio Mirijello; Elena Chinni; Elvira Grandone; on behalf of CSS COVID-19 Group

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1716379

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CC BY 4.0 · TH Open 2020; 04(03): e203-e206
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716379

Letter to the Editor

Reduction of ADAMTS13 Levels Predicts Mortality in SARS-CoV-2 Patients

Giovanni L. Tiscia

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Giovanni Favuzzi

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Antonio De Laurenzo

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Filomena Cappucci

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Lucia Fischetti

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Lazzaro di Mauro

²Transfusion Medicine and Laboratory Department, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Giuseppe Miscio

²Transfusion Medicine and Laboratory Department, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Antonio Mirijello

³Medical Department, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Elena Chinni

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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Elvira Grandone

¹Research Unit of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Fondazione IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

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on behalf of CSS COVID-19 Group

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