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EDITORIAL
Stem cells and covid-19
1
Department of Pneumonology, Serres General Hospital, Serres, Greece
2
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Athens Medical Center, Kifissias 58, Maroussi 15125, Athens, Greece
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece Athens Medical Center, Kifissias 58, Maroussi 15125, Athens, Greece
Pneumon 2020;33(1):1-3
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