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Comment
. 2020 Aug:166:108283.
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108283. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

COVID 19 and low-glucose levels: Is there a link?

Francesco Piarulli  1 , Annunziata Lapolla  1
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Comment

COVID 19 and low-glucose levels: Is there a link?

Francesco Piarulli et al. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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