Breakthrough: Chloroquine phosphate has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in clinical studies

BioScience Trends

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Gao, Jianjun ^a   Tian, Zhenxue ^b   Yang, Xu ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

2019 nCoV; Chloroquine; COVID 19; Pneumonia; SARS CoV 2

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; COVID-19; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG REPOSITIONING; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CHLOROQUINE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DRUG REPOSITIONING; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85080879659     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/BST.2020.01047     Document Type: Letter

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