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Comment
. 2020 Jul;28(7):1178-1179.
doi: 10.1002/oby.22844. Epub 2020 May 21.

Targeting the Adipose Tissue in COVID-19

Alexis Elias Malavazos  1 , Massimiliano Marco Corsi Romanelli  2   3 , Francesco Bandera  2   4 , Gianluca Iacobellis  5
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Targeting the Adipose Tissue in COVID-19

Alexis Elias Malavazos et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Jul.
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