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Why Females Do Better: The X Chromosomal TLR7 Gene-Dose Effect in COVID-19

A male sex bias has emerged in the COVID-19 pandemic, fitting to the sex-biased pattern in other viral infections. Males are 2.84 times more often admitted to the ICU and mortality is 1.39 times higher as a result of COVID-19. Various factors play a role in this, and novel studies suggest that the g...

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Autores principales: Spiering, Anna E., de Vries, Teun J.
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/PMC8632002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34858409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.756262