Neutrophils and lymphopenia, an unknown axis in severe COVID-19 disease

Hernán F. Peñaloza; Janet S. Lee; Prabir Ray

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009850

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Neutrophils and lymphopenia, an unknown axis in severe COVID-19 disease

Hernán F. Peñaloza ,

* E-mail: hep42@pitt.edu

Affiliation Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1593-678X

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Janet S. Lee,

Affiliation Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-6043

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Prabir Ray

Affiliations Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Neutrophils and lymphopenia, an unknown axis in severe COVID-19 disease

Hernán F. Peñaloza,
Janet S. Lee,
Prabir Ray

Published: September 2, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009850

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