Reduced mortality in COVID-19 patients treated with colchicine: Results from a retrospective, observational study.
<h4>Objectives</h4>Effective treatments for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are urgently needed. We hypothesized that colchicine, by counteracting proinflammatory pathways implicated in the uncontrolled inflammatory response of COVID-19 patients, reduces pulmonary complications, and...
Main Authors: | Lucio Manenti, Umberto Maggiore, Enrico Fiaccadori, Tiziana Meschi, Anna Degli Antoni, Antonio Nouvenne, Andrea Ticinesi, Nicoletta Cerundolo, Beatrice Prati, Marco Delsante, Ilaria Gandoflini, Lorenzo Donghi, Micaela Gentile, Maria Teresa Farina, Vincenzo Oliva, Cristina Zambrano, Giuseppe Regolisti, Alessandra Palmisano, Caterina Caminiti, Enrico Cocchi, Carlo Ferrari, Leonardo V Riella, Paolo Cravedi, Licia Peruzzi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248276 |
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