Glucocorticoids save lives in COVID-19 patients

Recent studies showed that glucocorticoid drugs, which are easily available as pills on pharmacy shelves worldwide, could save lives of COVID-19 patients. With the swiftly increasing infections of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic at a lethality rate of about 4.7% countless lives may be saved globally.

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Autor principal: Deng, Chu-Xia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32760915
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.49125
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spelling pubmed-73786442020-08-04 Glucocorticoids save lives in COVID-19 patients Deng, Chu-Xia Int J Biol Sci Commentary Recent studies showed that glucocorticoid drugs, which are easily available as pills on pharmacy shelves worldwide, could save lives of COVID-19 patients. With the swiftly increasing infections of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic at a lethality rate of about 4.7% countless lives may be saved globally. Ivyspring International Publisher 2020-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7378644/ /pubmed/32760915 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.49125 Text en © The author(s) This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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title_fullStr Glucocorticoids save lives in COVID-19 patients
title_full_unstemmed Glucocorticoids save lives in COVID-19 patients
title_short Glucocorticoids save lives in COVID-19 patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32760915
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