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letter . 2020 Aug 10:jiaa509. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa509
Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Patients with Severe or Life-Threatening COVID-19: A Metadata Analysis
Francisco Diego Rabelo-da-Ponte
1,2,3, Daiane Silvello
2,4, Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer
2,5, Alejandro Raul Ayala
6, Fábio Klamt
7,8,✉
Francisco Diego Rabelo-da-Ponte, MSc
1
Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
2
Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, HCPA/UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
3
Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
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Daiane Silvello, PhD
2
Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, HCPA/UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
4
Graduate Program in Pulmonary Sciences, UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
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Juliana Nichterwitz Scherer, PhD
2
Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, HCPA/UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
5
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo (RS), Brazil
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Alejandro Raul Ayala, MD
6
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miami, Miami (FL), USA
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Fábio Klamt, PhD
7
Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, ICBS/UFRGS, Porto Alegre, (RS), Brazil
8
National Institutes of Science and Technology-Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
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1
Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
2
Center for Drug and Alcohol Research, HCPA/UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
3
Graduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
4
Graduate Program in Pulmonary Sciences, UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
5
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo (RS), Brazil
6
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Miami, Miami (FL), USA
7
Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, ICBS/UFRGS, Porto Alegre, (RS), Brazil
8
National Institutes of Science and Technology-Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil
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Corresponding author: Prof. Fábio Klamt, PhD. Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, ICBS/UFRGS. 2600 Ramiro Barcelos St., Porto Alegre (RS) 90035-003, Brazil. Phone: +55 51 3308-5556, FAX: +55 51 3308-5535. E-mail: fabio.Klamt@ufrgs.br
Received 2020 Jul 13.
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See "Response to Rabelo-da-Ponte", jiaa510.
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