Cent Eur J Public Health 2020, 28(3):246-247 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a6464

Use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in treatment of COVID-19: is it ethical?

Mohamed Farouk Allam, Fady Andraous
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Received: July 1, 2020; Revised: August 11, 2020; Accepted: August 11, 2020; Published: September 30, 2020  Show citation

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Allam MF, Andraous F. Use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine in treatment of COVID-19: is it ethical? Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020;28(3):246-247. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a6464. PubMed PMID: 32997483.
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