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01-01-2021 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editors

No adequate evidence indicating hypertension as an independent risk factor for COVID-19 severity

Authors: Gerui Li, Hang Li, Jinping Lu

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Title: No adequate evidence indicating hypertension as an independent risk factor for COVID-19 severity
Authors: Gerui Li
Hang Li
Jinping Lu
Publication date: 01-01-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: COVID-19
Hypertension
Hypertension
Published in: Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-020-01653-6