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Comment
. 2022 Jul;30(7):1321-1322.
doi: 10.1002/oby.23474. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Could fat distribution have a greater influence than BMI on the antibody titre after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine?

Sara Basilico  1 , Carola Dubini  1 , Valentina Milani  2 , Caterina Bertolini  3 , Alexis Elias Malavazos  1   4
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Could fat distribution have a greater influence than BMI on the antibody titre after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine?

Sara Basilico et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Jul.
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