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Martin Simkovic

Researcher at Charles University in Prague

Publications -  79
Citations -  1406

Martin Simkovic is an academic researcher from Charles University in Prague. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 49 publications receiving 711 citations.

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COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a joint study by ERIC, the European Research Initiative on CLL, and CLL Campus.

Lydia Scarfò, +81 more
- 09 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: In CLL, COVID-19 severity increases with age; antileukemic treatment (particularly BTK inhibitors) appears to exert a protective effect; age and comorbidities did not impact on mortality, alluding to a relevant role of CLL and immunodeficiency.
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COVID-19 severity and mortality in patients with CLL: an update of the international ERIC and Campus CLL study.

Thomas Chatzikonstantinou, +116 more
- 01 Nov 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of CLL-directed treatments on the course of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and found that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be more susceptible to the disease due to age, disease, and treatment-related immunosuppression.