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Sensitive to Infection but Strong in Defense—Female Sex and the Power of Oestradiol in the COVID-19 Pandemic
The incidence of SARS-CoV2 infections is around 15% higher in premenopausal women compared to age matched men, yet the fatality rate from COVID-19 is significantly higher in men than women for all age strata. Sex differences have also been observed in recent epidemics including severe acute respirat...
Autores principales: | Newson, Louise, Manyonda, Isaac, Lewis, Rebecca, Preissner, Robert, Preissner, Saskia, Seeland, Ute |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8593953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34816207 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.651752 |
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