@article{Baldassarri_M-2021_214387,
title = {Shorter androgen receptor polyQ alleles protect against life-threatening COVID-19 disease in European males},
author = {Baldassarri, M. and Picchiotti, N. and Fava, F. and Fallerini, C. and Benetti, E. and Daga, S. and Valentino, F. and Doddato, G. and Furini, S. and Giliberti, A. and Tita, R. and Amitrano, S. and Bruttini, M. and Croci, S. and Meloni, I. and Pinto, A. and Iuso, N. and Gabbi, C. and Sciarra, F. and Venneri, M. and Gori, M. and Sanarico, M. and Crawley, F. and Pagotto, U. and Fanelli, F. and Mezzullo, M. and Dominguez-Garrido, E. and Planas-Serra, L. and Schlüter, A. and Colobran, R. and Soler-Palacin, P. and Lapunzina, P. and Tenorio, J. and Pujol, A. and Castagna, M. and Marcelli, M. and Renieri, A. and Frullanti, E. and Mari, F. and Spanish Covid HGE, GEN-COVID Multicenter Study},
month = {feb},
year = {2021},
abstract = {BackgroundWhile SARS-CoV-2 similarly infects men and women, COVID-19 outcome is less favorable in men. Variability in COVID-19 severity may be explained by differences in the host genome.},
volume = {66},
journal = {EBioMedicine},
publisher = {Elsevier},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103246},
}
