How does SARS-CoV-2 targets the elderly patients? A review on potential mechanisms increasing disease severity

Importance: Among COVID-19 cases, especially the (frail) elderly show a high number of severe infections, hospital admissions, complications, and death. The highest mortality is found between 80 and 89 years old. Why do these patients have a higher risk of severe COVID-19? In this narrative review w...

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Autores principales: Smorenberg, Annemieke, Peters, Edgar JG, van Daele, Paul LA, Nossent, Esther J, Muller, Majon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Federation of Internal Medicine. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33303345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2020.11.024

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7703548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33303345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2020.11.024

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