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. 2020 Dec;146(6):1457.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.09.004. Epub 2020 Sep 29.

COVID-19 and upper respiratory tract: Collecting swab specimens from patients inhaling corticosteroids

Eftychios Siniorakis  1 , Spyridon Arvanitakis  2 , Titika Sfakianaki  1 , Antonios Katsianis  1 , Athanasios Sinaniotis  3 , Veneta Papagiannopoulou  1
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COVID-19 and upper respiratory tract: Collecting swab specimens from patients inhaling corticosteroids

Eftychios Siniorakis et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Dec.
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