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Editorial
. 2022 Dec 23:13:1122274.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1122274. eCollection 2022.

Editorial: Covid-19 and obesity

Valeria Guglielmi  1   2 , Marwan El Ghoch  3 , Silvia Bettini  4 , Jeff M P Holly  5
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Editorial

Editorial: Covid-19 and obesity

Valeria Guglielmi et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; adipose tissue; obesity; pandemic (COVID-19); vaccine.

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