ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population

A. d’Arminio Monforte | G. Matullo | R. Scala | M. Girardis | T. Pippucci | A. Bruselles | M. Tartaglia | S. Ludovisi | M. Mondelli | A. Antinori | M. Mazzei | E. Bargagli | S. Furini | G. Merla | M. Carella | S. Scolletta | A. Iolascon | A. Pinto | R. Russo | A. Brusco | C. Mussini | M. Bassetti | F. Fava | M. Capasso | C. Fallerini | A. Renieri | F. Mari | G. Birolo | D. Francisci | A. Riva | F. Aucella | I. Andolfo | M. Della Monica | M. Castori | M. Sanguinetti | F. Castelli | A. Cossarizza | M. Vaghi | D. Tacconi | F. Franchi | S. Valente | O. Spiga | T. Trotta | D. Coviello | B. Frediani | L. Cantarini | E. Benetti | S. Parisi | A. Ognibene | R. Asselta | M. Bruttini | P. Cameli | L. Bergantini | M. d’Alessandro | M. Seri | A. di Biagio | A. Torella | V. Nigro | A. Ciolfi | C. L. Rizzo | M. Mencarelli | M. Fabbiani | L. Masucci | A. Trezza | I. Meloni | P. Scotton | A. Vergori | B. Rossetti | G. Zanelli | S. Rusconi | E. Merlini | A. Donati | C. Piscopo | F. Montagnani | R. Scaggiante | C. Gabbi | S. Mantovani | E. Schiaroli | M. Mandalà | G. Fiorentino | A. Verzuri | F. Lena | G. Coiro | M. Feri | S. Panese | L. Guidelli | E. Conticini | E. Desanctis | F. Musacchia | R. Tita | Gabriella Doddato | M. Baldassarri | A. Gabrieli | Paola Magro | S. Amitrano | S. Daga | E. Frullanti | S. Guerrini | L. Salerni | C. Marconi | E. Menatti | A. Tommasi | A. Giliberti | Floriana Valentino | L. Croci | P. Piacentini | P. Zucchi | C. Minardi | P. Raggi | S. Venturelli | M. Sita | Genni Spargi | C. Nencioni | P. Parravicini | Matteo Siano | M. E. Quiros-Roldan | A. Emiliozzi | Maria Palmieri | D. Bennet | M. Bandini | G. P. Caldarelli | A. Canaccini | Ferdinando Giannattasio | Susanna Croci | Federico Anedda | S. Marcantonio | Chiara Spertilli | Marta Corridi | Valentina Anemoli | F. Andretta | S. Baratti | Carmen Marciano | Rita Perna | A. Giorli | Laura Di Sarno | Maurizio Spagnesi | Elisa Chiara Sergio Susanna Sara Francesca Francesca Lau Frullanti Fallerini Daga Croci Amitrano Fav | Deborah Castelli | Itala Polesini | Annarita Giliberti | Sergio Daga | M. Siano | Gabriella Coiro | Tullio Trotta | Giovanni Birolo | M. D'alessandro

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