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Understanding COVID-19: Digit ratio (2D:4D) and sex differences in national case fatality rates

BACKGROUND: The reported national case fatality rates (CFRs) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shows a sex bias with males > females. The relative lengths of the index (2D) and ring (4D) fingers (digit ratio; 2D:4D) is a sexually dimorphic (males < females) proxy of fetal sex steroids (l...

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Autores principales: Manning, John T., Fink, Bernhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7224643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32419720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105074