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Chronic COVID syndrome: Need for an appropriate medical terminology for long-COVID and COVID long-haulers
Abdul Mannan Baig PhD, MBBS,
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Abdul Mannan Baig PhD, MBBS
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Correspondence Abdul Mannan Baig, PhD, MBBS, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
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Abdul Mannan Baig PhD, MBBS,
Corresponding Author
Abdul Mannan Baig PhD, MBBS
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Correspondence Abdul Mannan Baig, PhD, MBBS, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]
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First published: 23 October 2020
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