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Why Is COVID-19 More Severe in Patients With Diabetes? The Role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Endothelial Dysfunction and the Immunoinflammatory System

Meta-analyses have indicated that individuals with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of suffering a severe form of COVID-19 and have a higher mortality rate than the non-diabetic population. Patients with diabetes have chronic, low-level systemic inflammation, which results in global c...

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Autores principales: Roberts, Jacob, Pritchard, Antonia L., Treweeke, Andrew T., Rossi, Adriano G., Brace, Nicole, Cahill, Paul, MacRury, Sandra M., Wei, Jun, Megson, Ian L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614744
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2020.629933