Is COVID-19 a hyperferritinemic syndrome in children?

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 May 20;59(11):e409-e412. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0373. Print 2021 Oct 26.

Authors

Antonietta Giannattasio¹, Carolina D'Anna¹, Stefania Muzzica¹, Angela Mauro¹, Margherita Rosa¹, Francesca Angrisani¹, Sabrina Acierno¹, Fabio Savoia², Vincenzo Tipo¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Emergency and Short Stay Unit, Santobono-Pausilipon Children's Hospital, Naples, Italy.
² Childhood Cancer Registry of Campania, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon, Naples, Italy.

PMID: 34013681
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0373

No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 infection; children; ferritin.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Blood Platelets / metabolism
COVID-19 / metabolism*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Ferritins / blood
Ferritins / metabolism*
Humans
Hyperferritinemia / complications*
Infant
Interleukin-2 / blood
Interleukin-6 / blood
Male
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2 / metabolism*
Syndrome

Substances

Interleukin-2
Interleukin-6
Ferritins