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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |