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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1568-0266
ISSN (Online): 1873-4294

Editorial

Effective Chemicals against Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China

Author(s): Wei Liu, Hai-liang Zhu* and Yongtao Duan*

Volume 20, Issue 8, 2020

Page: [603 - 605] Pages: 3

DOI: 10.2174/1568026620999200305145032

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