Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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Early preemptive immunomodulators (corticosteroids) for severe pneumonia patients infected with SARS-CoV-2

  • Lee, Kyung-Yil (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Rhim, Jung-Woo (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine) ;
  • Kang, Jin-Han (The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2020.02.29
  • Accepted : 2020.04.08
  • Published : 2020.04.15
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