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Comment
. 2021 May;159(5):2108-2109.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.11.073.

Corticosteroid Plus Tocilizumab in COVID-19: When Two Is Better Than One

Chia Siang Kow  1 , Syed Shahzad Hasan  2
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Corticosteroid Plus Tocilizumab in COVID-19: When Two Is Better Than One

Chia Siang Kow et al. Chest. 2021 May.
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    Narain S, Stefanov DG, Marder G, Kaplan B, Hajizadeh N. Narain S, et al. Chest. 2021 May;159(5):2109-2110. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.044. Chest. 2021. PMID: 33965136 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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