Effect of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
Peter Horby, M.D Marion Mafham, Louise Linsell, D Phil, M.Sc Jennifer L Bell, Ph.D Natalie Staplin, Ph.D Jona- Than R Emberson, Ph.D Martin Wiselka, Ph.D Andrew Ustianowski, Einas Elmahi, M Phil, Benjamin Prudon, Tony Whitehouse, Ph.D Timothy Fel- Ton, John Williams, M.D Jakki Faccenda, Ph.D Jonathan Underwood, M.D J Kenneth Baillie, Ph.D Lucy C Chappell, Ph.D Saul N Faust, F.R.C.P.C.H Thomas Jaki, Ph.D Katie Jeffery, Ph.D Wei Shen Lim, Ph.D Alan Montgomery, Ph.D Kathryn Rowan, Ph.D Joel Tarning, James A Wat- Son, Nicholas J White, M.Sc Ed- Mund Juszczak, Richard Haynes, Ph.D Martin J Landray, Mafham Drs Horby, Prof Linsell Juszczak, Dr Haynes, Dr Landray
New England Journal of Medicine, doi:10.1056/nejmoa2022926
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A data sharing statement provided by the authors is available with the full text of this article at NEJM.org. We thank the thousands of patients who participated in this trial; the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other allied health professionals, and research administrators at 176 NHS hospitals across the United Kingdom who were assisted by the NIHR Clinical Research Network, NHS DigiTrials, Public Health England, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre, Public Health Scotland, National Records Service of Scotland, the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage at University of Swansea, and the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland; and the members of the independent data monitoring committee: Peter Sandercock, Janet Darbyshire, David DeMets, Robert Fowler, David Lalloo, Ian Roberts, and Janet Wittes.
Appendix The authors' full names and academic degrees are as follows: The RECOVERY Collaborative GroupPeter Horby, F.
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