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Current Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8673
ISSN (Online): 1875-533X

Perspective

Long COVID-19 Syndrome and Sudden Cardiac Death: The Phantom Menace

Author(s): Michael Spartalis*, David Zweiker, Eleftherios Spartalis, Dimitrios C. Iliopoulos and Gerasimos Siasos

Volume 31, Issue 1, 2024

Published on: 22 June, 2023

Page: [2 - 6] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/0929867330666230515145041

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