Ivermectin for COVID-19 prophylaxis

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  • Abdelmonem Awad Hegazy Department of Medical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt; Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt; Consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Global Goodwill Ambassador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5993-6618

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https://doi.org/10.15584/ejcem.2021.3.15

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2021-09-30

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Hegazy, A. A. (2021). Ivermectin for COVID-19 prophylaxis. European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 19(3), 280–282. https://doi.org/10.15584/ejcem.2021.3.15

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