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Interleukin-6 and severe COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Evidence links COVID-19 severity to hyper-inflammation. Treatment with tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody directed against the interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor, was shown to lead to clinical improvement in patients with severe COVID-19. We, therefore, performed the present systematic review...

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Autores principales: Mojtabavi, Helia, Saghazadeh, Amene, Rezaei, Nima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Libbey Eurotext 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7530350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32933891
http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ecn.2020.0448