key: cord-0836025-7tu0p7hx
authors: Vianello, Andrea; Braccioni, Fausto
title: Geographical overlap between alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and COVID-19 infection in Italy: casual or causal?
date: 2020-05-31
journal: Arch Bronconeumol
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2020.05.015
sha: 3a614b4298226fa51dceba37111f7b334486fc6b
doc_id: 836025
cord_uid: 7tu0p7hx

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