Thrombotic thrombocytopenia associated with COVID-19 infection or vaccination: Possible paths to platelet factor 4 autoimmunity

Michel Goldman; Cédric Hermans

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003648

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Thrombotic thrombocytopenia associated with COVID-19 infection or vaccination: Possible paths to platelet factor 4 autoimmunity

Michel Goldman ,

* E-mail: mgoldman@i3health.eu

Affiliation Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0222-7287

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Cédric Hermans

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Saint-Luc University Hospital, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5429-8437

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Thrombotic thrombocytopenia associated with COVID-19 infection or vaccination: Possible paths to platelet factor 4 autoimmunity

Michel Goldman,
Cédric Hermans

Published: May 24, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003648

About the Authors

Michel Goldman

* E-mail: mgoldman@i3health.eu

Affiliation Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0222-7287

Cédric Hermans

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Hemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Saint-Luc University Hospital, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5429-8437

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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