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. 2021 Jan;71(1):9-13.
doi: 10.1007/s12020-020-02541-9. Epub 2020 Nov 9.

Hypocalcemia is a distinctive biochemical feature of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Luigi di Filippo  1 , Anna Maria Formenti  1 , Mauro Doga  1 , Stefano Frara  1 , Patrizia Rovere-Querini  2 , Emanuele Bosi  2 , Michele Carlucci  3 , Andrea Giustina  4
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Hypocalcemia is a distinctive biochemical feature of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Luigi di Filippo et al. Endocrine. 2021 Jan.
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