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Pediatric 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is characterized by a wide clinical spectrum, including hematological manifestations.1 Anemia and thrombocytopenia occur mainly in severe forms of the disease and in multisystem inflammatory syndrome2 but are rare in asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients. Only few reports of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), rarely associated with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), have been described in children with COVID-19.3–5 Here, we present two pediatric cases of severe cold agglutinin disease and a brief review of the literature

The pure γ-form of isotactic poly(propylene) can be obtained by melt-crystallization starting from a fraction of a random ethylene-propene copolymer (ethylene content 4 wt.-%) soluble in p-xylene at 28°C. Some structural models previously reported are tested by comparing calculated wide-angle X-ray diffraction patterns with the experimental ones. A method for the quantitative determination of the γ-form crystallinity by X-ray line profiles is proposed. The original copolymer and its fractions are characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and 13C NMR techniques.