Patients with COVID‐19‐Associated Hematologic Abnormalities and the Potential Role of the Cytokine Storm: A Case Series Study

Abstract

We report a case series of nine patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Tehran, Iran. This paper also reports narrative information on the signs and symptoms of the patients and discusses the potential immunologic perspective of the disease, especially with respect to the cytokine storm.