Hana Qasim, Alaa Rahhal, Ahmed Husain, Abdelkarim Alammora, Khaled Alsa'ed, Ahmed Abdelghafar Masaad Alsayed, Baha Faiyoumi, Leen Maen AbuAfifeh, Mohammad Abu-Tineh, Awni Alshurafa, Mohamed A Yassin
BACKGROUND: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a blood disorder in which antibodies coating platelets cause platelet destruction in the spleen with a resultant low platelet count and an increased tendency for bleeding. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. Though pneumonia and respiratory failure are major causes of morbidity and mortality, multisystemic complications were identified, including hematological ones. Several ITP relapse cases post-mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been reported, and different pathophysiological theories have been proposed...
2023: Journal of Blood Medicine