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Pathologist found blood clots in 'almost every organ' during autopsies on Covid-19 patients

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    The paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30178-4/fulltext Direct link to the PDF: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2589-5370%2820%2930178-4...

    The paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30178-4/fulltext

    Direct link to the PDF: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2589-5370%2820%2930178-4

    The autopsies also showed something unusual about megakaryocytes, or large bone marrow cells. They usually don't circulate outside the bones and lungs, Rapkiewicz said.

    "We found them in the heart and the kidneys and the liver and other organs," she said. "Notably in the heart, megakaryocytes produce something called platelets that are intimately involved in blood clotting."

    ummm....I'm not a doctor...but it seems like having bone marrow cells in your heart and kidneys and liver is a bad thing.

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