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letter . 2020 May 8:ciaa548. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa548
Association of higher body mass index (BMI) with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in younger patients
Sean Wei Xiang Ong
1,2, Barnaby Edward Young
1,2,3, Yee-Sin Leo
1,2,3,4, David Chien Lye
1,2,3,4,✉
Sean Wei Xiang Ong
1
National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore
2
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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Barnaby Edward Young
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National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore
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Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Yee-Sin Leo
1
National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore
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Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
4Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
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David Chien Lye
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Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
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Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Corresponding Author: Dr David Chien Lye, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, 16 Jln Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308442, David_Lye@ncid.sg
Received 2020 Apr 19.
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