Implications of Interleukin-6 (IL-6)-blockade for severe COVID-19 infection in patients with Multiple Myeloma

NICOLA SGHERZA; PAOLA CURCI; VANDA STRAFELLA; RITA RIZZI; PELLEGRINO MUSTO

doi:10.23750/abm.v92i2.11395

Implications of Interleukin-6 (IL-6)-blockade for severe COVID-19 infection in patients with Multiple Myeloma

Authors

NICOLA SGHERZA a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:147:"Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit - AOUC Policlinico, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, "Aldo Moro" University, Bari";}
PAOLA CURCI Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit - AOUC Policlinico, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, "Aldo Moro" University, 70124, Bari, Italy
VANDA STRAFELLA Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit - AOUC Policlinico, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, "Aldo Moro" University, 70124, Bari, Italy
RITA RIZZI Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit - AOUC Policlinico, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, "Aldo Moro" University, 70124, Bari, Italy
PELLEGRINO MUSTO Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit - AOUC Policlinico, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, "Aldo Moro" University, 70124, Bari, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i2.11395

Keywords:

multiple myeloma, COVID-19, IL-6, tocilizumab, siltuximab, sarilumab

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