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. 2020 May;8(5):e29.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30156-9. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19?

Kevin Bryan Lo  1 , Peter A McCullough  2 , Janani Rangaswami  3
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Antihypertensive drugs and risk of COVID-19?

Kevin Bryan Lo et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 May.
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