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. 2020 Jun 1;41(32):3096.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa526.

Men more vulnerable to COVID-19: explained by ACE2 on the X chromosome?

Iziah E Sama  1 , Adriaan A Voors  1
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Men more vulnerable to COVID-19: explained by ACE2 on the X chromosome?

Iziah E Sama et al. Eur Heart J. .
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