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. 2020 Aug:224:12-13.
doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2020.05.002. Epub 2020 May 28.

Are there any association between COVID-19 severity and immunosuppressive therapy?

Ahmad Hormati  1 , Mohammad Reza Ghadir  2 , Farhad Zamani  3 , Javad Khodadadi  4 , Fatemeh Khodadust  5 , Mahboubeh Afifian  6 , Reza Aminnejad  7 , Sajjad Ahmadpour  8
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Are there any association between COVID-19 severity and immunosuppressive therapy?

Ahmad Hormati et al. Immunol Lett. 2020 Aug.
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