Anti-Endothelial Cell Antibodies are not frequently elevated in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Brandon Henry; Stefanie Benoit; Jens Vikse; Emmanuel  Favaloro; Justin Benoit; Giuseppe Lippi

doi:10.23750/abm.v93i2.11196

Anti-Endothelial Cell Antibodies are not frequently elevated in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Authors

Brandon Henry a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:45:"Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center";}
Stefanie Benoit Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA
Jens Vikse Clinical Immunology Unit, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Emmanuel Favaloro Haematology, Sydney Centres for Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW, Australia
Justin Benoit Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Giuseppe Lippi Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v93i2.11196

Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2, auto-antibodies, coagulopathy

Abstract

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