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Decreased mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with Tocilizumab: a rapid systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

BACKGROUND: We systematically reviewed the literature to answer the following research questions: 1) does IL-6 (receptor) antagonist therapy reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients compared to patients not treated with IL-6 (receptor) antagonists and 2) is there an increased risk of side effects in CO...

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Autores principales: Malgie, Jishnu, Schoones, Jan W, Pijls, Bart G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7543350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32964913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1445