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Antiandrogen activity of drugs for COVID-19. The case of sabizabulin

  • Yuki Kotani1,2,3
  • Beatrice Righetti1
  • Mary Ann Belli1
  • Giovanni Landoni1,2,*,

1Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy

2School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy

3Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, 296-8602 Kamogawa, Japan

DOI: 10.22514/sv.2023.027 Vol.19,Issue 3,May 2023 pp.1-3

Submitted: 13 August 2022 Accepted: 18 October 2022

Published: 08 May 2023

*Corresponding Author(s): Giovanni Landoni E-mail: landoni.giovanni@hsr.it

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Yuki Kotani,Beatrice Righetti,Mary Ann Belli,Giovanni Landoni. Antiandrogen activity of drugs for COVID-19. The case of sabizabulin. Signa Vitae. 2023. 19(3);1-3.

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