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. 2020 Jul:108:154251.
doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154251. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Commentary: Obesity: The "Achilles heel" for COVID-19?

Giovanna Muscogiuri  1 , Gabriella Pugliese  2 , Luigi Barrea  2 , Silvia Savastano  2 , Annamaria Colao  3
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Commentary: Obesity: The "Achilles heel" for COVID-19?

Giovanna Muscogiuri et al. Metabolism. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Obesity; Pneumonia.

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Declaration of competing interest All authors declare no conflict of interests.

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