Risk of COVID-19 for patients with obesity

Radwan Kassir, Radwan Kassir

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Keywords: BMI; COVID-19; adipose; human angiotensin converting enzyme 2; obesity.

Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest was declared.

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