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Open Access 01-12-2020 | COVID-19 | Research Letter

Blood type A associates with critical COVID-19 and death in a Swedish cohort

Authors: Michael Hultström, Barbro Persson, Oskar Eriksson, Miklos Lipcsey, Robert Frithiof, Bo Nilsson

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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Metadata
Title
Blood type A associates with critical COVID-19 and death in a Swedish cohort
Authors
Michael Hultström
Barbro Persson
Oskar Eriksson
Miklos Lipcsey
Robert Frithiof
Bo Nilsson
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
COVID-19
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03223-8