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. 2020 Sep:142:109795.
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109795. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Is it fair to hope that patients with Type 1 Diabetes (autoimmune) may be spared by the infection of Covid-19?

Patrizio Tatti  1 , Giancarlo Tonolo  2 , Angela Zanfardino  3 , Dario Iafusco  3
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Is it fair to hope that patients with Type 1 Diabetes (autoimmune) may be spared by the infection of Covid-19?

Patrizio Tatti et al. Med Hypotheses. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

The CoV-19 infection appears to be unusual among patients with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, although they are considered a fragile population. We think that this in part due to the peculiar immune condition that leads to the destruction of the Beta cells.

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