Diabetes predicts severity of COVID‐19 infection in a retrospective cohort: A mediatory role of the inflammatory biomarker C‐reactive protein - Koh, Huilin; Moh, Angela Mei Chung; Yeoh, Ester; Lin, Yi; Low, Serena Kiat Mun; Ooi, Say Tat; Tan, Seng Kiong; Lin, Jaime Hui Xian; Hoong, Caroline Wei Shan (Journal of medical virology, 2021)
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