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Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome

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The presence of haemophagocytosis supports the contention that cytokine dysregulation may account, at least partly, for the severity of the clinical disease.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2003-05-24 and is currently open access. It has received 1011 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diffuse alveolar damage & Severe acute respiratory syndrome.

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Tissue distribution of ACE2 protein, the functional receptor for SARS coronavirus. A first step in understanding SARS pathogenesis

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Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19.

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The severe acute respiratory syndrome.

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