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Susceptibility of the obese population to COVID-19

• Obesity is a risk factor for disease severity in individuals with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, the increased susceptibility of this population to COVID-19 is unclear. We outline several underlying mechanisms that may explain the relationship between obesity and COVID-19 severity. Obesi...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Takefumi, Namkoong, Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7546690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33045426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.015