Clinical Features of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis

The phenotypes of VITT were defined in 220 patients in the United Kingdom who presented a median of 14 days after the first ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination. Half had cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, a third of whom also had intracranial hemorrhage. Mortality was 22%. Intravenous immune globulin may rev...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-10, Vol.385 (18), p.1680-1689
Hauptverfasser: Pavord, Sue, Scully, Marie, Hunt, Beverley J, Lester, William, Bagot, Catherine, Craven, Brian, Rampotas, Alex, Ambler, Gareth, Makris, Mike
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Zusammenfassung:The phenotypes of VITT were defined in 220 patients in the United Kingdom who presented a median of 14 days after the first ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination. Half had cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, a third of whom also had intracranial hemorrhage. Mortality was 22%. Intravenous immune globulin may reverse VITT.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2109908