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cord-303363-uu9hb1c9	Karimi, Mehran	Implications of SARSr-CoV 2 infection in thalassemias: Do patients fall into the “high clinical risk” category?	2020-05-11		.txt	text/plain	3271	174	42	We're all flying blind regarding coronavirus, but it's fair to think if thalassemic patients are particularly vulnerable to SARS-COV-2 infection or are at potential higher risk of complications from COVID-19 than normal population, specially when they become older. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with diabetes maintain a good glycemic control, because it might help reduce the risk of infection itself and may also modulate the severity of the clinical expression of the disease (39) . Hemoglobin disorders including thalassemias are generally not associated with respiratory diseases but anemia and iron-overload involving the heart, lungs (pulmonary hypertension), liver disease, diabetes and even the immune system, can encounter these patients to have higher risk of complications from SARS-COV-2 infection than normal population, specially when they become older. The few reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people with thalassemias might reflect the efforts to minimise social contacts or other unclarified reasons, such as lower beta globin protein as a possible target of COVID-19 in these patients (51) .	./cache/cord-303363-uu9hb1c9.txt	./txt/cord-303363-uu9hb1c9.txt