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Comment
. 2020 Nov;15(8):1599-1600.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02471-4. Epub 2020 Aug 17.

COVID-19: in the uncertainty, do not try this at home

Tommaso Lupia  1 , Silvia Corcione  2   3 , Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa  2
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COVID-19: in the uncertainty, do not try this at home

Tommaso Lupia et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2.

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