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. 2020 Jun:139:109699.
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109699. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Hyperglycemia and the novel Covid-19 infection: Possible pathophysiologic mechanisms

Ioannis Ilias  1 , Lina Zabuliene  2
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Hyperglycemia and the novel Covid-19 infection: Possible pathophysiologic mechanisms

Ioannis Ilias et al. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid19; DPP4; Human; Hyperglycemia.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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