Inhibitors of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Covid-19

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University (R.B.D.), the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (D.P.H.), and the Department of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (D.P.H.) - all in Boston.

Editorial

John A Jarcho et al. N Engl J Med. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 18;382(25):2462-2464.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2012924. Epub 2020 May 1.

¹ From the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University (R.B.D.), the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (D.P.H.), and the Department of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (D.P.H.) - all in Boston.

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ACE-inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockers (ACE-I/ARBs) therapy in COVID-19 infected dialysis patients.
Daoud A, Ali H, Rao V, Rohan V, Soliman K. Daoud A, et al. Ren Fail. 2021 Dec;43(1):1463-1464. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2021.1994419. Ren Fail. 2021. PMID: 34704916 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers and the Risk of Covid-19.
Mancia G, Rea F, Ludergnani M, Apolone G, Corrao G. Mancia G, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 18;382(25):2431-2440. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2006923. Epub 2020 May 1. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32356627 Free PMC article.
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors and Risk of Covid-19.
Reynolds HR, Adhikari S, Pulgarin C, Troxel AB, Iturrate E, Johnson SB, Hausvater A, Newman JD, Berger JS, Bangalore S, Katz SD, Fishman GI, Kunichoff D, Chen Y, Ogedegbe G, Hochman JS. Reynolds HR, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 18;382(25):2441-2448. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2008975. Epub 2020 May 1. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32356628 Free PMC article.

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