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. 2021 Feb;152(2):275-277.
doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13435. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

Assessing risk factors for severe forms of COVID-19 in a pregnant population: A clinical series from Lombardy, Italy

Daniela Di Martino  1 , Francesca Chiaffarino  1 , Luisa Patanè  2 , Federico Prefumo  3   4 , Patrizia Vergani  5   6 , Sara Ornaghi  5   6 , Valeria Savasi  7   8 , Arsenio Spinillo  9 , Antonella Cromi  10 , Francesco D'Ambrosi  1 , Beatrice Tassis  1 , Enrico Iurlaro  1 , Fabio Parazzini  1   11 , Enrico Ferrazzi  1   11
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Assessing risk factors for severe forms of COVID-19 in a pregnant population: A clinical series from Lombardy, Italy

Daniela Di Martino et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

In 250 pregnant women with either asymptomatic, non‐severe, or severe SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, obesity turned out to be the main determinant of severe COVID‐19 illness.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; pregnancy.

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