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. 2020 Oct:160:105053.
doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105053. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

Mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with ACEIs/ARBs: Re-estimated meta-analysis results following the Mehra et al. retraction

Ahmad Alamer  1 , Ivo Abraham  2
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Mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with ACEIs/ARBs: Re-estimated meta-analysis results following the Mehra et al. retraction

Ahmad Alamer et al. Pharmacol Res. 2020 Oct.

Retraction in

  • 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105053
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Forest plot of re-estimated ACEI/ARB exposure and risk of mortality in (A) Covid-19 patients and (B) Covid-19 patients with antihypertensive indication.
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