Does Lithium Deserve a Place in the Treatment Against COVID-19? A Preliminary Observational Study in Six Patients, Case Report

• Egile Nagusiak: Carlos Spuch (Egilea), Marta López-García (Egilea), Tania Rivera-Baltanás (Egilea), Daniela Rodrígues-Amorím (Egilea), José M. Olivares (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lithium has shown the capacity to: a) inhibit the replication of several types of viruses, some of which are similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, b) increase the immune response by reducing lymphopenia, and c) reduce inflammation by preventing or reducing the cytokine storm. In the present study, we hav...