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. 2022 Jul;85(1):e1-e3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 10.

Novel evidence revealed genetic association between COVID-19 infection, severity and endometrial cancer

Xiangrong Wu  1 , Haoxin Peng  1 , Shan Xiong  2 , Caichen Li  2 , Ran Zhong  2 , Jianxing He  2 , Wenhua Liang  3
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Novel evidence revealed genetic association between COVID-19 infection, severity and endometrial cancer

Xiangrong Wu et al. J Infect. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Fig. 1
Summary Mendelian randomization estimates of COVID-19 on the risks of endometrial cancer. (A) Schematic overview of the bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) design. (B) Summary MR estimates of genetically predisposed COVID-19 susceptibility/severity and endometrial cancer risk.
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  • Is SARS-CoV-2 an oncogenic virus?
    Gómez-Carballa A, Martinón-Torres F, Salas A. Gómez-Carballa A, et al. J Infect. 2022 Nov;85(5):573-607. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.08.005. Epub 2022 Aug 9. J Infect. 2022. PMID: 35961462 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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