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. 2020 Sep 14;5(1):198.
doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00306-4.

Type I IFN deficiency: an immunological characteristic of severe COVID-19 patients

Zhenling Wang #  1 , Hailong Pan #  2 , Boguang Jiang  3
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Type I IFN deficiency: an immunological characteristic of severe COVID-19 patients

Zhenling Wang et al. Signal Transduct Target Ther. .
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Immunological characteristics of severe COVID-19 patients. Impaired type I IFN response featured immunological characteristics of severe COVID-19 patients, accompanied by lymphocytopenia, hypercytokinaemia, and high blood viral load.
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