Dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 is related to increased mortality in hematologic malignancy patients: results from the EPICOVIDEHA registry.

Haematologica

Miloš Mladenović, ;Charlotte Flasshove, Bojana Mišković, ;José-María Ribera-Santasusana, Martin Hoenigl, Juergen Prattes, Malgorzata Mikulska, Annarosa Cuccaro, Emel Bekirova, Josip Batinić, ;Nick De Jonge, Tatjana Adžić-Vukičević, ;Ľuboš Drgoňa, Hans Martin Orth, Florian Reizine, Moni

Published: August 2024


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