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Volume 35, Issue 1, March 2024



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Mediterr J Rheumatol 2022;33(4):384-6
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Anti-Interleukins for Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019: Hype or Hope?
Athina Dimosiari1, Dimitrios Patoulias1, Demosthenes Makris2
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, European Interbalkan Medical Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

Keywords: COVID-19, interleukin-1, interleukin-6, canakinumab, anakinra, sarilumab
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