High-dose steroids for the treatment of severe COVID-19: comment.

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Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Science, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.

Published: August 2021

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