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01-10-2020 | COVID-19 | Correspondence

Apoptosis and pericyte loss in alveolar capillaries in COVID-19 infection: choice of markers matters. Author’s reply

Authors: Fanny Burel-Vandenbos, Nathalie Cardot-Leccia, Thierry Passeron

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Title: Apoptosis and pericyte loss in alveolar capillaries in COVID-19 infection: choice of markers matters. Author’s reply
Authors: Fanny Burel-Vandenbos
Nathalie Cardot-Leccia
Thierry Passeron
Publication date: 01-10-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2020
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06220-1