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. 2020 Sep-Oct:37:101844.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101844. Epub 2020 Aug 10.

Dexamethasone: A boon for critically ill COVID-19 patients?

Shailesh Kumar Patel  1 , Gutulla Saikumar  1 , Jigyasa Rana  2 , Jaideep Dhama  3 , Mohd Iqbal Yatoo  4 , Ruchi Tiwari  5 , Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales  6 , Kuldeep Dhama  7
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Dexamethasone: A boon for critically ill COVID-19 patients?

Shailesh Kumar Patel et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Sep-Oct.
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An overview of dexamethasone and its mode of action in COVID-19 patients.
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