Laboratory abnormalities in patients with COVID-2019 infection

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 1131-1134

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

coronavirus; COVID 19; laboratory medicine; laboratory tests; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; D DIMER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROCALCITONIN; TROPONIN I;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; ADULT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMIC; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; COVID-19; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SARS-COV-2;

EID: 85081277690     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0198     Document Type: Letter

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