COVID-19 and Sex-/Gender-Specific Differences: Understanding the Discrimination

Semin Thromb Hemost. 2021 Jun;47(4):341-347. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1715455. Epub 2020 Sep 3.
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Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 / biosynthesis
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 / genetics
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Chromosomes, Human, X
  • Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Gender Identity*
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones / physiology
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
  • Life Style
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • Risk-Taking
  • SARS-CoV-2* / physiology
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Sex Distribution
  • Sex Factors*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Viral Tropism

Substances

  • Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
  • Gonadal Steroid Hormones
  • ACE2 protein, human
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2