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ArticlePharmacological research2020

Does lopinavir really inhibit SARS-CoV-2?

Dario Cattaneo, Dario Cattaneo, Cristina Gervasoni, Mario Corbellino, Massimo Galli, Agostino Riva, Cristina Gervasoni, Emilio Clementi, Emilio Clementi

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Article in Pharmacological research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Dario CattaneoUnit of Clinical Pharmacology, Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Dario CattaneoGestione Ambulatoriale Politerapie (GAP) Outpatient Clinic, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Cristina GervasoniGestione Ambulatoriale Politerapie (GAP) Outpatient Clinic, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: cristina.gervasoni@unimi.it.
Mario Corbellinord Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Massimo Gallird Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Agostino Rivard Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Cristina Gervasonird Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Emilio ClementiUnit of Clinical Pharmacology Fatebenefratelli Sacco University Hospital, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Emilio ClementiIRCCS E. Nedea Scientific Institute, Bosisio Parini, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Coronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineBetacoronavirusCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentEmetineHomoharringtonineHumansLopinavirSARS-CoV-2Adenosine MonophosphateAlanineEmetineHomoharringtonineLopinavirremdesivir

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PMID32438034
PMCPMC7211645

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