Published in British Journal of Haematology
There is concern that COVID‐19 vaccination may adversely affect immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients. Fifty‐two consecutive chronic ITP patients were prospectively followed after COVID‐19 vaccination. Fifteen percent had no worsening of clinical symptoms but no post‐vaccination platelet count; 73% had no new symptoms and no significant platelet c...
Published in British Journal of Haematology
Since the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic began, countries across the globe have seen repeated periods of government‐enforced social distancing to restrict transmission in response to rises in COVID‐19 incidence1. Social distancing in the UK was first introduced in March 2020, and for 6 of the following 12 months the population was under strict national restri...
Published in British Journal of Haematology
Published in British Journal of Haematology
Published in British Journal of Haematology
A 54‐year‐old man with a rare congenital limb malformation (left image) presented to the Accident and Emergency department with a 7‐day history of worsening headache, bruising and unilateral right calf swelling. There was a strong family history of a rare congenital limb deformity, his mother and his maternal grand‐father having the same congenital...
Published in British Journal of Haematology
Patients receiving targeted cancer treatments such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been classified in the clinically extremely vulnerable group to develop severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), including patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) taking TKIs. In addition, concerns that immunocompromised individua...
Published in British Journal of Haematology
The inflammatory response to SARS/CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) infection may contribute to the risk of thromboembolic complications. α‐Defensins, antimicrobial peptides released from activated neutrophils, are anti‐fibrinolytic and prothrombotic in vitro and in mouse models. In this prospective study of 176 patients with COVID‐19 infection, we found that plasm...
Published in British Journal of Haematology
Published in British Journal of Haematology
Published in British Journal of Haematology
