Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in African American patients with COVID-19: an autopsy series from New Orleans

Sharon Fox; Aibek Akmatbekov; Jack L. Harbert; Guang Li; J. Quincy Brown; Richard S. Vander Heide

doi:10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30243-5

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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Autopsy2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PathologyCoronavirus InfectionsBetacoronavirusOutbreakDisease

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 7
Pages: 681-686
Citations: 1394
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                                    Sharon Fox, 
                                
                                    Aibek Akmatbekov, 
                                
                                    Jack L. Harbert
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Pulmonary and cardiac pathology in African American patients with COVID-19: an autopsy series from New Orleans. 
                            The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
                            , 8
                            (7)
                            , 681-686.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30243-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30243-5