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Editorial
. 2020 Dec 10;383(24):2387-2388.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2032071.

Tocilizumab for Covid-19 - The Ongoing Search for Effective Therapies

Edmund Huang  1 , Stanley C Jordan  1
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Tocilizumab for Covid-19 - The Ongoing Search for Effective Therapies

Edmund Huang et al. N Engl J Med. .
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  • Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19.
    Stone JH, Frigault MJ, Serling-Boyd NJ, Fernandes AD, Harvey L, Foulkes AS, Horick NK, Healy BC, Shah R, Bensaci AM, Woolley AE, Nikiforow S, Lin N, Sagar M, Schrager H, Huckins DS, Axelrod M, Pincus MD, Fleisher J, Sacks CA, Dougan M, North CM, Halvorsen YD, Thurber TK, Dagher Z, Scherer A, Wallwork RS, Kim AY, Schoenfeld S, Sen P, Neilan TG, Perugino CA, Unizony SH, Collier DS, Matza MA, Yinh JM, Bowman KA, Meyerowitz E, Zafar A, Drobni ZD, Bolster MB, Kohler M, D'Silva KM, Dau J, Lockwood MM, Cubbison C, Weber BN, Mansour MK; BACC Bay Tocilizumab Trial Investigators. Stone JH, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Dec 10;383(24):2333-2344. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2028836. Epub 2020 Oct 21. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 33085857 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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