Different rates of conjunctivitis in COVID-19 eastern and western hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy. lorenzo.loffredo@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Sense Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Meta-Analysis

Lorenzo Loffredo et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2022 Apr.

. 2022 Apr;17(3):925-928.

doi: 10.1007/s11739-021-02880-z. Epub 2021 Nov 9.

¹ Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy. lorenzo.loffredo@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Sense Organs, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

All the authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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