Beneficial non-anticoagulant mechanisms underlying heparin treatment of COVID-19 patients

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is associated with severe inflammation in mainly the lung, and kidney. Reports suggest a beneficial effect of the use of heparin/low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) on mortality in COVID-19. In part, this beneficial effect could be explained by the anticoagulant p...

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Main Authors: Baranca Buijsers, Cansu Yanginlar, Marissa L. Maciej-Hulme, Quirijn de Mast, Johan van der Vlag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396420303455