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Mouth/Pharynx

Can secondary lymphoid organs exert a favorable effect on the mild course of COVID-19 in children?

Merih Onala Department of Otolaryngology, Selcuk University, Konya, TurkeyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0591-8411
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Ozkan Onalb Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA;c Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Selcuk University, Konya, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Alparslan Turanb Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA;d Department of General Anesthesia, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-9306
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Pages 83-84 | Received 07 Jul 2020, Accepted 14 Aug 2020, Published online: 27 Oct 2020

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