Italian patients with hemoglobinopathies exhibit a 5-fold increase in age-standardized lethality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Am J Hematol. 2022 Feb 1;97(2):E75-E78. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26429. Epub 2021 Dec 10.
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Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / mortality
  • Female
  • Hemoglobinopathies / complications*
  • Hemoglobinopathies / epidemiology
  • Hemoglobinopathies / mortality
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
  • Thalassemia / complications
  • Thalassemia / epidemiology
  • Thalassemia / mortality
  • Young Adult