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Comment
. 2020 Nov;30(11):4615-4617.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04734-7.

Obesity and COVID-19: ACE 2, the Missing Tile

Antonio Iannelli  1   2   3   4 , Guillaume Favre  5   6   7 , Sébastien Frey  5   8 , Vincent Esnault  5   6 , Jean Gugenheim  5   8   9 , Samir Bouam  10 , Luigi Schiavo  11 , Albert Tran  5   9   12 , Marco Alifano  13   14
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Obesity and COVID-19: ACE 2, the Missing Tile

Antonio Iannelli et al. Obes Surg. 2020 Nov.
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