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Detection of erythroid progenitors and erythrocytopathies in patients with severe COVID-19 disease

Mamdouh A. Allahyani, Abdulelah A. Aljuaid, Mazen M. Almehmadi, Ahmad A. Alghamdi, Ibrahim F. Halawani, Abdullah F. Aldairi, Ahmad M. Alharbi, Mohammad H. Albshri, Abdulqader A. Mutwalli and Ayman S. Alhazmi
Saudi Medical Journal August 2022, 43 (8) 899-906; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20220311
Mamdouh A. Allahyani
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulelah A. Aljuaid
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Mazen M. Almehmadi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim F. Halawani
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah F. Aldairi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmad M. Alharbi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad H. Albshri
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulqader A. Mutwalli
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Ayman S. Alhazmi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Allahyani, Aljuaid, Almehmadi, Alghamdi, Halawani, Alharbi, Alhazmi), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taif University, Taif; from Department of Laboratory Medicine (Aldairi), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah; and from the Department of Molecular Biology (Albshri, Mutwalli), the Regional Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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