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. 2022 Jan;155(1):83-85.
doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2798_21.

Defensins: Therapeutic molecules with potential to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Sarena Banu  1 , Ramakrishnan Nagaraj  2 , Mohammed M Idris  1
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Defensins: Therapeutic molecules with potential to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Sarena Banu et al. Indian J Med Res. 2022 Jan.
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