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. 2021 Dec 20;14(1):76.
doi: 10.1186/s12245-021-00403-3.

Point of tangency between coronavirus disease and endothelial injury

So Sampei  1   2 , Hideshi Okada  3 , Hiroyuki Tomita  4 , Akio Suzuki  5 , Takahide Nawa  2 , Shinji Ogura  1
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Point of tangency between coronavirus disease and endothelial injury

So Sampei et al. Int J Emerg Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Glycocalyx; RT-PCR; SARS-CoV-2.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Lung computed tomography at hospital days 1 (Left Panel) and 4 (right panel). Although these findings strongly suggested COVID-19, both of RT-PCR examinations resulted negative
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