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Arch Iran Med. 2021;24(2): 139-143. doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.22

Original Article

Infliximab and Intravenous Gammaglobulin in Hospitalized Severe COVID-19 Patients in Intensive Care Unit

Mohsen Farrokhpour 1, Nader Rezaie 1, Najmeh Moradi 1, Fatemeh Ghaffari Rad 1, Shirin Izadi 1, Mehdi Azimi 1, Farhad Zamani 2, Shahrokh Izadi 3, Mitra Ranjbar 4, Mahin Jamshidi Makiani 4, Azadeh laali 5, Maryam Roham 4, Mahdi Yadollahzadeh 1 * ORCID

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