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Is the role of lung innate immune molecules, SP-A1 and SP-A2, and of the alveolar macrophage being overlooked in COVID-19 diverse outcomes?
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Center for Host Defense, Inflammation, and Lung Disease (CHILD) and Departments of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
 
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Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
 
 
Pneumon 2020;33(2):1-5
 
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This work was supported by the CHILD Fund, Department of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.
 
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