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Medical Research.com interviewed William Wood<\/a>, MD, associate professor in the division of hematology, about an outcome report published in the American Society of Hematology’s Blood Advances<\/a>.\u00a0 The report describes the first 250 cases of patients with hematologic malignancy and COVID-19 that were entered into the ASH Research Collaborative COVID-19 Registry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find the interview here<\/a>. Find the outcomes report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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