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Sex and COVID-19: A Protective Role for Reproductive Steroids
Evidence shows coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-induced symptom severity and mortality is more frequent in men than in women, suggesting sex steroids may play a protective role. Female reproductive steroids, estrogen and progesterone, and its metabolite allopregnanolone, are anti-inflammatory, re...
Autor principal: | Pinna, Graziano |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Ltd.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649655/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33229187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2020.11.004 |
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