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. 2020 Dec;11(12):3003-3005.
doi: 10.1007/s13300-020-00942-7. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Major COVID-19 Outcomes: Promising Mechanisms, Conflicting Data, and Intriguing Clinical Decisions

Dimitrios Patoulias  1 , Christodoulos Papadopoulos  2 , Alexandra Katsimardou  3 , Maria Toumpourleka  2 , Michael Doumas  3   4
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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and Major COVID-19 Outcomes: Promising Mechanisms, Conflicting Data, and Intriguing Clinical Decisions

Dimitrios Patoulias et al. Diabetes Ther. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; SGLT2 inhibitors.

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