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Hydroxychloroquine Use in Patients With COVID-19: A Brief Perspective on Current Clinical Trials

Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, David Hao, Robert Chu, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath and Vwaire Orhurhu
Ochsner Journal December 2020, 20 (4) 350-357; DOI: https://doi.org/10.31486/toj.20.0124
Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed
1Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
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David Hao
2Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Robert Chu
3Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Ivan Urits
4Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Omar Viswanath
5Department of Anesthesiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE; Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Envision Physician Services, Phoenix, AZ; and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
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Vwaire Orhurhu
2Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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