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editorial . 2020 Jun 28:ciaa776. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa776
Investigating the sex differences in COVID-19: Another step forward, but many unanswered questions
Philip Yang
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Philip Yang, MD
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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Annette M Esper, MD, MSc
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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Corresponding author: Annette Esper, Email: aesper@emory.edu
Received 2020 Jun 8.
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See commentary "Age-dependent gender differences of COVID-19 in mainland China: comparative study", ciaa683.