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. 2021 May;93(5):2588-2590.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26812. Epub 2021 Jan 27.

Zinc treatment of outpatient COVID-19: A retrospective review of 28 consecutive patients

Eric Finzi  1 , Allan Harrington  2
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Zinc treatment of outpatient COVID-19: A retrospective review of 28 consecutive patients

Eric Finzi et al. J Med Virol. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-Cov-2; retrospective; treatment; zinc.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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Figure 1
COVID symptom score of Case 18 over time. The arrow shows the start of zinc
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