Effectiveness of remdesivir in hospitalized nonsevere patients with COVID-19 in Japan: A large observational study using the COVID-19 Registry Japan
Shinya Tsuzuki, Kayoko Hayakawa, Yukari Uemura, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Mari Terada, Setsuko Suzuki, Yusuke Asai, Koji Kitajima, Sho Saito, Gen Yamada, Taro Shibata, Masashi Kondo, Kazuo Izumi, Masayuki Hojo, Tetsuya Mizoue, Kazuhisa Yokota, Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama, Fumitake Saito, Wataru Sugiura, Norio Ohmagari
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.039
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