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Inhaled and systemic heparin as a repurposed direct antiviral drug for prevention and treatment of C...

Inhaled and systemic heparin as a repurposed direct antiviral drug for prevention and treatment of C...

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Inhaled and systemic heparin as a repurposed direct antiviral drug for prevention and treatment of COVID-19

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Full title

Inhaled and systemic heparin as a repurposed direct antiviral drug for prevention and treatment of COVID-19

Publisher

London: Elsevier Ltd

Journal title

Clinical medicine (London, England), 2020-11, Vol.20 (6), p.e218-e221

Language

English

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London: Elsevier Ltd

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Contents

Here, we advocate a highly favourable opportunity for the treatment of COVID-19 disease by repurposing a long-serving medical agent with an excellent history of clinical use, namely heparin. Heparin is best known as an anticoagulant, but it also exhibits direct antiviral activity against many enveloped viruses and has anti-inflammatory activity. Th...

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Full title

Inhaled and systemic heparin as a repurposed direct antiviral drug for prevention and treatment of COVID-19

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7687307

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7687307

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ISSN

1470-2118

E-ISSN

1473-4893

DOI

10.7861/clinmed.2020-0351

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