1. Is COVID-19 a hyperferritinemic syndrome in children?
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Giannattasio, Antonietta, D'Anna, Carolina, Muzzica, Stefania, Mauro, Angela, Rosa, Margherita, Angrisani, Francesca, Acierno, Sabrina, Savoia, Fabio, and Tipo, Vincenzo
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FERRITIN ,COVID-19 ,SYNDROMES in children ,CHILD patients - Abstract
On the bases of the link between ferritin and inflammation, not surprisingly, high levels of ferritin have been reported in patients with COVID-19. We described clinical presentation, laboratory evaluation, and outcome in pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection according to ferritin levels. If the clinical course of patients with elevated ferritin was mild because of steroids therapy or because of the benign characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is to demonstrated. Keywords: children; ferritin; SARS-CoV-2 infection EN children ferritin SARS-CoV-2 infection e409 e412 4 10/18/21 20210915 NES 210915 To the Editor, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is hallmarked by hyperinflammatory cytokine storm causing far more morbidity and mortality than from any direct viral cytotoxicity [[1]]. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2021
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