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. 2020 Jun:147:224-225.
doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.026. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Low dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: A double-edged sword

Amirhosein Kefayat  1 , Fatemeh Ghahremani  2
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Low dose radiation therapy for COVID-19 pneumonia: A double-edged sword

Amirhosein Kefayat et al. Radiother Oncol. 2020 Jun.
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