Preexisting and Inducible Endotoxemia As Crucial Contributors to the Severity of COVID-19 Outcomes

Overview

Journal PLoS Pathog

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2021 Feb 18

PMID 33600486

Citations 25

Authors

Ilja L Kruglikov

Philipp E Scherer

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