Determining available strategies for prevention and therapy: Exploring COVID‑19 from the perspective of ACE2 (Review)
- Authors:
- Liyang Cai
- Xi Guo
- Yuchen Cao
- Peixi Ying
- Libing Hong
- Yuxi Zhang
- Guoguo Yi
- Min Fu
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Affiliations: The Second Clinical School, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China, Medical College of Rehabilitation, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China, Department of Ophthalmology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun‑Yat‑Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510655, P.R. China, Department of Ophthalmology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510282, P.R. China - Published online on: February 8, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2021.4876
- Article Number: 43
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Copyright: © Cai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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