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"In fact, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been shown to modulate iron metabolism, compromising its homeostasis at different levels and reducing inflammatory cytokines [61], even if on COVID-19 patients the real effect of this drugs is still to be clarified."

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"The role of exchange transfusion to replace dysfunctional hemoglobin caused by de-ironization of heme in COVID-19 infection is yet to be determined and whether hydroxychloroquine helps stabilize iron in hemoglobin [ 48 ] thereby contributing to improvement in oxygenation is unclear ."

reach
"In all reported cases, the main histological feature of hydroxychloroquine induced pigmentation was the presence of iron and melanin deposits in the dermis [XREF_BIBR]."