COVID-19 and the eye immunity: lesson learned from the past and possible new therapeutic insights

Piergiorgio Neri^{1

2}, Francesco Pichi^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ The Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island, PO Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, UAE. pg.neri@gmail.com.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA. pg.neri@gmail.com.
³ The Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island, PO Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
⁴ Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Editorial

Piergiorgio Neri et al. Int Ophthalmol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;40(5):1057-1060.

doi: 10.1007/s10792-020-01389-2.

Piergiorgio Neri^{1

2}, Francesco Pichi^{3

4}

¹ The Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island, PO Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, UAE. pg.neri@gmail.com.
² Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA. pg.neri@gmail.com.
³ The Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Al Maryah Island, PO Box 112412, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
⁴ Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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