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. 2020 Aug;31(8):1918-1919.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020060799. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

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Daniel Batlle  1 , Maria Jose Soler  2 , Paul A Welling  3 , Sundararaman Swaminathan  4 ; COVID-19 and ACE2 in Cardiovascular, Lung, and Kidney Working Group
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Daniel Batlle et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Aug.
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Keywords: ACE inhibitors; AKI; Angiotensin II receptor blockers; ace2; acute renal failure; covid-19; soluble ACE2.

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