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Editorial
. 2020 Sep-Oct:37:101831.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101831. Epub 2020 Aug 1.

The kidney and COVID-19 patients - Important considerations

Shailesh Kumar Patel  1 , Rohit Singh  1 , Jigyasa Rana  2 , Ruchi Tiwari  3 , Senthilkumar Natesan  4 , Harapan Harapan  5 , Kovy Arteaga-Livias  6 , D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana  7 , Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales  8 , Kuldeep Dhama  9
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Editorial

The kidney and COVID-19 patients - Important considerations

Shailesh Kumar Patel et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Kidney; Outcomes; Renal; SARS-CoV-2.

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Probable mechanism of COVID-19 associated kidney damage and strategies to counter it.
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