key: cord-303395-r0nj16l9
authors: Basirjafari, Sedighe; Rafiee, Masoumeh; Shahhosseini, Babak; Mohammadi, Mehdi; Neshin, Saeideh Aghayari Sheikh; Zarei, Mohammad
title: Association of Pediatric COVID‐19 and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
date: 2020-08-14
journal: J Med Virol
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26434
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doc_id: 303395
cord_uid: r0nj16l9

We read with great interest an article from Li colleagues describing ¨The Neuroinvasive Potential of SARS‐CoV2 May Play a Role in the Respiratory Failure of COVID‐19 Patients¨. Here we describe subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) as a severe neurological manifestation associated with pediatric COVID‐19. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

The other authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

Dear Editor:

We read with great interest an article from Li and colleagues 1 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Moreover, ABO blood type might have a prognostic role in the severity of COVID-19.

There is a positive association between ACE activity and the GATC haplotype of the ABO gene which is prevalent in non-O blood group. Thus, patients with blood type O might have protection against severe COVID-19 12 . However, patients with blood group type A, as the patient described in this report, might be more predisposed to severe infection. 

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