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SIADH and severe COVID-19 pneumonia in elderly patients: a therapeutic challenge in developing countries
Marcio Jose Concepción Zavaleta1, Sofia Pilar Ildefonso Najarro1, Diego Martin Moreno Marreros2
1Bachelor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru.
Internal and Emergency Medicine
|April 24, 2021
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