COVID-19 mortality in Lombardy: the vulnerability of the oldest old and the resilience of male centenarians

Italy was the first European nation to be affected by COVID-19. The biggest cluster of cases occurred in Lombardy, the most populous Italian region, and elderly men were the population hit in the hardest way. Besides its high infectivity, COVID-19 causes a severe cytokine storm and old people, espec...

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Published in:Aging (Albany NY)
Main Authors: Marcon, Gabriella, Tettamanti, Mauro, Capacci, Giorgia, Fontanel, Giulia, Spanò, Marco, Nobili, Alessandro, Forloni, Gianluigi, Franceschi, Claudio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Impact Journals 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7467374/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32788424
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.103872
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