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. 2020 Jun:156:104803.
doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104803. Epub 2020 Apr 11.

Statins in coronavirus outbreak: It's time for experimental and clinical studies

Maurizio Bifulco  1 , Patrizia Gazzerro  2
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Statins in coronavirus outbreak: It's time for experimental and clinical studies

Maurizio Bifulco et al. Pharmacol Res. 2020 Jun.
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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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