RETRACTED ARTICLE: Do Zinc Supplements Enhance the Clinical Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine?: a Randomized, Multicenter Trial

Sherief Abd-Elsalam, Shaimaa Soliman, Eslam Saber Esmail, Mai Khalaf, Ehab F. Mostafa, Mohammed A. Medhat, Ossama Ashraf Ahmed, Mohamed Samir Abd El Ghafar, Mohamed Alboraie, Sahar M. Hassany

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DOI: 10.1007/s12011-020-02512-1
Published: 2020-11-27
Container: Biological Trace Element Research
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1007/s12011-020-02512-1,
  title = {RETRACTED ARTICLE: Do Zinc Supplements Enhance the Clinical Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine?: a Randomized, Multicenter Trial},
  author = {Sherief Abd-Elsalam and Shaimaa Soliman and Eslam Saber Esmail and Mai Khalaf and Ehab F. Mostafa and Mohammed A. Medhat and Ossama Ashraf Ahmed and Mohamed Samir Abd El Ghafar and Mohamed Alboraie and Sahar M. Hassany},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Biological Trace Element Research},
  doi = {10.1007/s12011-020-02512-1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02512-1}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - RETRACTED ARTICLE: Do Zinc Supplements Enhance the Clinical Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine?: a Randomized, Multicenter Trial
AU  - Sherief Abd-Elsalam
AU  - Shaimaa Soliman
AU  - Eslam Saber Esmail
AU  - Mai Khalaf
AU  - Ehab F. Mostafa
AU  - Mohammed A. Medhat
AU  - Ossama Ashraf Ahmed
AU  - Mohamed Samir Abd El Ghafar
AU  - Mohamed Alboraie
AU  - Sahar M. Hassany
PY  - 2020
JO  - Biological Trace Element Research
DO  - 10.1007/s12011-020-02512-1
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Abd-Elsalam, S., Soliman, S., Esmail, E. S., Khalaf, M., Mostafa, E. F., Medhat, M. A., Ahmed, O. A., Ghafar, M. S. A. E., Alboraie, M., & Hassany, S. M. (2020). RETRACTED ARTICLE: Do Zinc Supplements Enhance the Clinical Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine?: a Randomized, Multicenter Trial. Biological Trace Element Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02512-1

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