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Open Access 01-03-2021 | SARS-CoV-2 | Letter to the Editor

Hemolytic crisis in a patient treated with eculizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria possibly triggered by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): a case report

Authors: Hannah Schüller, Franziska Klein, Michael Lübbert, Eric Peter Prager

Published in: Annals of Hematology | Issue 3/2021

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Title
Hemolytic crisis in a patient treated with eculizumab for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria possibly triggered by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): a case report
Authors
Hannah Schüller
Franziska Klein
Michael Lübbert
Eric Peter Prager
Publication date
01-03-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Annals of Hematology / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0939-5555
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0584
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04318-6

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