Recombinant Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Theoretical or a Real Resource?

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Recombinant Human Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Theoretical or a Real Resource?

Mirko Barone¹, Claudio Ucciferri^2,5, Giuseppe Cipollone^3,4, Felice Mucilli^3,4

¹ Department of General and Oncological Surgery, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy

² Department of Infectious Diseases, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy

³ Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy

⁴ University Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

⁵ University Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

EJMO 2020, 4(2), 139–140; https://doi.org/10.14744/ejmo.2020.47992

Received: 1 March 2020 | Accepted: 14 March 2020 | Published online: 15 April 2020

© 2020 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )

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Eurasian Journal of Medicine and Oncology, Electronic ISSN: 2587-196X Print ISSN: 2587-2400, Published by AccScience Publishing