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The paradoxical effect of IL-6 and implications for the use of Tocilizumab in Covid-19 patients

In the context of the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, patients affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should be more vulnerable to Covid-19, whereas they seem to be protected against severe Covid-19. That paradox has important practical implications for the use of the drug Tocilizumab...

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Autores principales: Bruzzese, Vincenzo, Lazzarino, Antonio Ivan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33245278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110284