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Re: SARS-CoV-2 behavior, through the eyes of a perinatologist?

  • Nicola Volpe ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Tullio Ghi ORCID logo

Corresponding author: Nicola Volpe, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy; and Parma “Maggiore” University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43126, Parma, Italy, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2021-12-02
Accepted: 2021-12-02
Published Online: 2021-12-28
Published in Print: 2022-03-28

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