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Comment
. 2020 Sep 24;56(3):2002439.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.02439-2020. Print 2020 Sep.

Predictors of mortality for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2

Hai-Jun Yang  1   2 , Yan-Mei Zhang  3 , Min Yang  3   2 , Xing Huang  3
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Comment

Predictors of mortality for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2

Hai-Jun Yang et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

There are several issues which are worth clarifying in the paper “Predictors of mortality for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2: a prospective cohort study” published in the European Respiratory Journal https://bit.ly/336rv2Y

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: H-J. Yang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Y-M. Zhang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Yang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: X. Huang has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: W-L. Lv has nothing to disclose.

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