ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Study of the effectiveness of methylprednisolone at different stages of inpatient care for patients with pneumonia caused by a new COVID-19 coronavirus infection

Arinina EE1, Tairova RT1, Berdalin AB1, Gujev SS1, Glotova NA1, Rubleva YuV1, Bulatova MA1, Polyaev BB1, Terechov DA2, Belousov VV1, Shamalov NA1
About authors

1 Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology of FMBA of Russia, Moscow, Russia

2 Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

Received: 2020-07-14 Accepted: 2020-08-03 Published online: 2020-08-17
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