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Comment
. 2021 Nov;97(1153):742-743.
doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138447. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

Drug repurposing for COVID-19: a potential threat of self-medication and controlling measures

Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi  1 , Yusra Habib Khan  1 , Nasser Hadal Alotaibi  2 , Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alzarea  2 , Abdullah Salah Alanazi  2 , Sumera Qasim  3 , Muhammad Shahid Iqbal  4 , Nida Tanveer  5
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Drug repurposing for COVID-19: a potential threat of self-medication and controlling measures

Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi et al. Postgrad Med J. 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Immunology; Infectious diseases; Medical journalism; Virology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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