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. 2021 Dec;9(12):1351-1353.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00462-8. Epub 2021 Oct 21.

Colchicine treatment in COVID-19: the remaining unsolved question

Adriana Rojas-Villarraga  1 , Rafael Parra-Medina  2 , Arley Gómez-López  3
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Colchicine treatment in COVID-19: the remaining unsolved question

Adriana Rojas-Villarraga et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

AR-V, RP-M, and AG-L are currently researchers in the Impact of Colchicine in Hospitalized Colombian Patients With COVID-19 (COLCOVID19) clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04539873). AR-V reports fees for conferences from Abbvie, Amgen, Biopas-UCB, Janssen, and Pfizer; and fees for Advisory Board membership from Alexion. All other authors declare no competing interest.

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