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. 2020 Oct 23:8:577528.
doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.577528. eCollection 2020.

Potential Use of Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin in the Covid-19 Treatment

Fernanda Martini  1 , Monica De Mattei  2 , Carlo Contini  2 , Mauro G Tognon  2
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Potential Use of Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin in the Covid-19 Treatment

Fernanda Martini et al. Front Cell Dev Biol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AAT activity; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cytokine; inflammation; therapy.

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