Article
Does Cystic Fibrosis Constitute an Advantage in COVID-19 Infection?
2020-08-06
Abstract excerpt
<title>Abstract</title> <p>The Veneto region is one of the most affected Italian regions by COVID-19. Chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), may constitute a risk factor in COVID-19. Moreover, respiratory viruses were generally associated with severe pulmonary impairment in cystic fibrosis (CF). We would have therefore expected numerous cases of severe COVID-19 among the CF p...
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- Literature Corpus work
- eb8d7d19-2a7b-515d-a908-0eab2333fad6
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-53181/v1
