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COVID-19 infection: from stress-related cortisol levels to adrenal glands infarction

Cortisol is a key element in acute stress including a severe infection. However, in coronavirus-associated disease, 20% of subjects experience hypocortisolemia due to direct or immune damage of pituitary and adrenal glands. One extreme form of adrenal insufficiency is found in 2/3 of cases with vira...

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Autores principales: Popescu, Mihaela, Terzea, Dana Cristina, Carsote, Mara, Ghenea, Alice Elena, Costache, Andrei, Popescu, Iulian Alin Silviu, Biciuşcă, Viorel, Busuioc, Cristina Jana, Ghemigian, Adina Mariana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Medical Sciences, Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36074666
http://dx.doi.org/10.47162/RJME.63.1.03