Contrasting evidence for corticosteroid treatment for coronavirus-induced cytokine storm

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong.
² Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China.

Comment

K K Y Leung et al. Hong Kong Med J. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;26(3):269-271.

doi: 10.12809/hkmj208517. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

¹ Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong.
² Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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