Controversial Relationship Between Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors and Severity of COVID-19: Announcing a Large Multicentre Case-Control Study in Italy

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¹ From the Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Napoli, Italy (A.D.C.).
² Cardiovascular Division, Pisa University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy (R.D.C.).
³ Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy (G.d.G., L.I.).
⁴ Research Centre in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (L.I.).

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. 2020 Aug;76(2):312-313.

doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15370. Epub 2020 May 8.

¹ From the Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Napoli, Italy (A.D.C.).
² Cardiovascular Division, Pisa University Hospital, University of Pisa, Italy (R.D.C.).
³ Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy (G.d.G., L.I.).
⁴ Research Centre in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (L.I.).

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