Diabetes and severity of COVID-19: What is the link?

Dario Pitocco; Luca Viti; Linda Tartaglione; Mauro Di Leo; Gaetano Emanuele Rizzo; Andrea Manto; A. Rizzi; Salvatore Caputo; Alfredo Pontecorvi

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109923

Diabetes and severity of COVID-19: What is the link?

Dario Pitocco, Luca Viti, Linda Tartaglione, Mauro Di Leo, Gaetano Emanuele Rizzo, Andrea Manto, A. Rizzi, Salvatore Caputo, Alfredo Pontecorvi

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Abstract

In Diabetes Mellitus the loss of capacity to regulate immunity, the reduction of pulmonary functions and the pro-thrombotic state determine the severity of COVID19.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-2
Number of pages	2
Journal	Medical Hypotheses
Volume	143
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109923
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Diabetes
link
severity

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