Long Covid: Hormone Imbalances and/or Rather Complex Immune Dysregulations?

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Christian A Koch. J Endocr Soc. 2024.

. 2024 Mar 6;8(5):bvae043.

doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvae043. eCollection 2024 Mar 12.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.

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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; adrenal; autopsy; cortisol; growth hormone; immune; pituitary.

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