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Editorial

Potential role of glycoprotein 340 in milder SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

Mohammad Zareia Center of Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA;b Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAView further author information
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Deepanwita Bosec Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;d Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USAView further author information
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Soheila Ali Akbari Ghavimie Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PAUSAView further author information
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Masoud Nouri-Vaskehf Immunology and Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranView further author information
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Mehdi Mohammadig Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaView further author information
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Amirhossein Sahebkarh Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;i Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;j Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute (PMMHRI), Lodz, PolandCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 675-677 | Received 23 Sep 2020, Accepted 10 Nov 2020, Published online: 14 Jan 2021

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