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. 2020 May;18(4):173-175.
doi: 10.1089/met.2020.0037. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

Diabetes and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Insights from Recent Experience Might Guide Future Management

Anca Pantea Stoian  1 , Yajnavalka Banerjee  2 , Ali A Rizvi  3 , Manfredi Rizzo  4   5
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Diabetes and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Insights from Recent Experience Might Guide Future Management

Anca Pantea Stoian et al. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2020 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; cardiovascular disease; endothelial dysfunction; insulin resistance; obesity; type 2 diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

M.R. is currently Director, Clinical Medical and Regulatory Department, Novo Nordisk Europe East and South. A.P.S. is currently Vice-President, National Diabetes Commission, Ministry of Health, Romania. No competing financial interests exist for the remaining authors.

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