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. 2020 Aug;26(8):565-567.
doi: 10.1007/s11655-020-2851-y. Epub 2020 Aug 5.

Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: An Overhyped Hope

Abhishek Shankar  1 , Anusha Dubey  2 , Deepak Saini  2 , Chandra Prakash Prasad  3
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Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19: An Overhyped Hope

Abhishek Shankar et al. Chin J Integr Med. 2020 Aug.
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