Article
Low Zinc Levels at Clinical Admission Associates with Poor Outcomes in COVID-19
2020-10-26
Abstract excerpt
Background: Biomarkers to predict Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) outcome early at infection are urgently needed to improve prognosis and treatment. Zinc balances immune responses and also has a proven direct antiviral action against some viruses. Importantly, zinc deficiency (ZD) is a common condition in elderly and individuals with chronic diseases, two groups with more severe COVID-19 outcomes. We hypothesiz...
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- Literature Corpus work
- dfb4f641-5686-5bb3-9086-0b24f7a5d2d0
- DOI
- 10.2139/ssrn.3696880
