Could isotretinoin be a protective agent against COVID-19?: A dermatologist perspective

Affiliations

• ¹ Mansoura Dermatology, Venerology and Leprology Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt.
• ² Department of Pharmacology, Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India.
• ³ Department of Dermatology, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey.
• ⁴ Department of Dermatology, Konya Ereğli State Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
• ⁵ University of Health Science Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
• ⁶ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
• ⁷ Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.