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Role of testosterone in SARS-CoV-2 infection: A key pathogenic factor and a biomarker for severe pneumonia

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between sex hormones and the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Furthermore, associations between sex hormones and systemic inflammation markers, viral shedding and length of hospital stay were studied. DESIGN AND METHODS: This case–control st...

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Autores principales: Camici, Marta, Zuppi, Paolo, Lorenzini, Patrizia, Scarnecchia, Liliana, Pinnetti, Carmela, Cicalini, Stefania, Nicastri, Emanuele, Petrosillo, Nicola, Palmieri, Fabrizio, D’Offizi, Gianpiero, Marchioni, Luisa, Gagliardini, Roberta, Baldelli, Roberto, Schininà, Vincenzo, Pianura, Elisa, Di Stefano, Federica, Curcio, Stefano, Ciavarella, Lucia, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Girardi, Enrico, Vaia, Francesco, Antinori, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8135187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34023492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.042