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Clinical efficacy of tocilizumab treatment in severe and critical COVID-19 patients
BACKGROUND: The main pathophysiological basis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causing respiratory failure is a cytokine storm and interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important component of the COVID-19 cytokine storm. As a specific antagonist of IL-6, tocilizumab may block the cytokine storm of COVID-...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32953852 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i17.3763 |