COVID19 Impairs Cardiac Function via Endothelial H19 and IL6 Signaling.
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SUBMITTER: Juni RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977263 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
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COVID19 Impairs Cardiac Function via Endothelial H19 and IL6 Signaling.
Juni Rio P RP Phelp Philippa G PG Bink Diewertje I DI Kremer Veerle V van Bergen Anke S AS Espinosa Gonzalez Pedro P Rombouts Karlijn B KB Harber Karl J KJ Heister Daan A F DAF Yeung Kak K KK Van den Bossche Jan J Kuster Diederik W D DWD Krijnen Paul A J PAJ Niessen Hans W M HWM Boon Reinier A RA
Circulation research 20230214 5
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