MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.13, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Data about the morphological changes in peripheral blood smears during COVID-19 infection and their clinical severity association are limited. We aimed to examine the characteristics of the cells detected in the pathological rate and/or appearance and whether these findings are related to the clinical course by evaluating the peripheral blood smear at the time of diagnosis in COVID-19 patients.