Erschienen in:
01.07.2020 | Comment
COVID-19 and the endocrine system: exploring the unexplored
verfasst von:
R. Pal, M. Banerjee
Erschienen in:
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
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Ausgabe 7/2020
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Excerpt
A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has affected over 2.3 million people, claiming more than 160000 lives in over 200 countries worldwide. Although COVID-19 can be asymptomatic, the primary presentation in symptomatic patients is in the form of viral pneumonia, sometimes complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome and/or sepsis. In addition, myocarditis and acute kidney injury have also been described in COVID-19. On the contrary, endocrinological manifestations have not yet been reported in patients with COVID-19. …