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Visceral fat is associated to the severity of COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Excess visceral fat (VF) or high body mass index (BMI) is risk factors for severe COVID-19. The receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is expressed at higher levels in the VF than in the subcutaneous fat (SCF) of obese patients. AIM: To show that viscer...

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Autores principales: Favre, Guillaume, Legueult, Kevin, Pradier, Christian, Raffaelli, Charles, Ichai, Carole, Iannelli, Antonio, Redheuil, Alban, Lucidarme, Olivier, Esnault, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33246009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154440