Evaluation of patients treated by telemedicine in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo, Brazil: A non-randomized clinical trial preliminary study
MD Michelle Chechter, Rute Gustavo Maximiliano Dutra Da Silva, Rute Alves Pereira E Costa, MD, PhD Thomas Gabriel Miklos, MD, PhD Nilzio Antonio Da Silva, MD Gabriel Lorber, Natacha Rivero Vascncellos Mota, Aline Pinheiro Dos Santos Cortada, Luciana De Nazare Lima Da Cruz, Paulo Macio Porto De Melo, Bruno Campello De Souza, PhD) 10 Francisco G Emmerich, Paolo Marinho De Andrade Zanotto, Morton Aaron Scheinberg
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