Don’t close the book on tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia–the jury is still out: The Kuwait experience

• Yousef Al-Shamali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, Department of Gastroenterology, Jaber Al Sabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1948-1559

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• Yaser M. Ali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Jabriya, Kuwait

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• Rawan A. Al-Shamali ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Data curation

  * E-mail: Rawan.alshamali@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, Al Bahar Hospital, Kuwait

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-5002

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• Maryam Al-Melahi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Farah R. Al-Shammari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Jahra Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Ahmad Alsaber ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Wasl Al-Adsani

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yousef Al-Shamali, Yaser M. Ali, Rawan A. Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Melahi, Farah R. Al-Shammari, Ahmad Alsaber, Wasl Al-Adsani

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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