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. 2020 May 8;24(1):209.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02934-2.

Use of triiodothyronine to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients: a new clinical trial

Constantinos Pantos  1 , Ioulia Tseti  2 , Iordanis Mourouzis  2
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Use of triiodothyronine to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients: a new clinical trial

Constantinos Pantos et al. Crit Care. .
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Conflict of interest statement

The following pending patents are relevant to the work in this manuscript:

• PCT/EP2019/087056. L-triiodothyronine (T3) for use in limiting microvascular obstruction

• Greek Patent Office, number of case: 22-0002577373. Composition comprising L-triiodothyronine (T3) for use in the treatment of critically ill patients with coronavirus infection.

IT, managing director of Uni-Pharma, is the sponsor and owner of these patents. CP and IM are the inventors and hold royalties in relation to these patents.

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Proposed scheme showing that hypoxia and viral infectivity share common pro-apoptotic signaling pathways, such as p38 MAPK
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