Sex-specific clinical characteristics and prognosis of coronavirus disease-19 infection in Wuhan, China: A retrospective study of 168 severe patients.

To confirm the relationship between sex and the progression of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19), and its potential mechanism, among severe patients. For this retrospective study, we included 168 consecutive severe patients with pathogen-confirmed COVID-19 who were hospitalized between January 16th...

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Main Authors: Yifan Meng, Ping Wu, Wanrong Lu, Kui Liu, Ke Ma, Liang Huang, Jiaojiao Cai, Hong Zhang, Yu Qin, Haiying Sun, Wencheng Ding, Lingli Gui, Peng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008520