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Photodynamic and sonodynamic therapy of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in patients with COVID-19
• COVID-19 is largely localized in lungs. • SARS-CoV-2 binds to the heme groups in hemoglobin that leads to severe hypoxia. • Porphyrin-based photosensitizers (PS) act as a ‘decoy’ in which the SARS-CoV-2 virions would attach to PS molecules. • Photoactivation capable of destroying the bonded SARS-C...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32818638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101961 |