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Comment
. 2020 Jul 27;24(1):463.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03177-x.

Inhibiting IL-6 in COVID-19: we are not sure

Patrick M Honore  1 , Leonel Barreto Gutierrez  2 , Luc Kugener  3 , Sebastien Redant  3 , Rachid Attou  3 , Andrea Gallerani  3 , David De Bels  3
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Inhibiting IL-6 in COVID-19: we are not sure

Patrick M Honore et al. Crit Care. .
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