The efficacy and adverse effects of favipiravir on patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of published clinical trials and observational studies
Dang The Hung, Suhaib Ghula, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Abdelrahman M Makram, Gehad Mohamed Tawfik, Ali Ahmed-Fouad Abozaid, Rohan Andrew Pancharatnam, Amr Mohamed Ibrahim, Muhammad Besher Shabouk, Morgan Turnage, Saloni Nakhare, Zahra Karmally, Basel Kouz, Tran Nhat Le, Suleiman Alhijazeen, Nguyen Quoc Phuong, Alaa Mohamed Ads, Ali Hussein Abdelaal, Nguyen Hai Nam, Tatsuo Iiyama, Kyoshi Kita, Kenji Hirayama, Nguyen Tien Huy
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.04.035
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