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Title
COVID-19 and elderly: beyond the respiratory drama
Authors
Angela Sciacqua
Roberta Pujia
Franco Arturi
Marta L. Hribal
Tiziana Montalcini
Publication date
01-08-2020
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Springer International Publishing
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Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02424-x

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