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. 2020 Jul;190(1):e9-e11.
doi: 10.1111/bjh.16787. Epub 2020 May 18.

Interleukin 6-blockade treatment for severe COVID-19 in two patients with multiple myeloma

Aristeidis Chaidos  1   2 , Alexia Katsarou  1   2 , Chira Mustafa  1   2 , Dragana Milojkovic  2 , Anastasios Karadimitris  1   2
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Interleukin 6-blockade treatment for severe COVID-19 in two patients with multiple myeloma

Aristeidis Chaidos et al. Br J Haematol. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; cytokine release syndrome; interleukin-6; myeloma; tocilizumab.

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