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. 2020 May;102(5):932-933.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0230.

A Call for Randomized Controlled Trials to Test the Efficacy of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as Therapeutics against Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi  1 , Sina Bavari  2
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A Call for Randomized Controlled Trials to Test the Efficacy of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as Therapeutics against Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Maryam Keshtkar-Jahromi et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 May.
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