ea0081rc7.4 | Rapid Communications 7: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology 2 | ECE2022
Andre Juliette
, Al-Salameh Abdallah
, Scherman Noemie
, Andrejak Claire
, Desailloud Rachel
Context: The long-term consequences of Covid-19 are unknown. Most patients experience persistent symptoms more than a month after the acute illness, including fatigue, dyspnea, memory loss, concentration disorder. The pituitary, the thyroid and the adrenal gland express the ACE-2 receptor, which is the cellular receptor for SARS-CoV-2, and could therefore be affected by the virus. However, the effect of Covid-19 on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis and hypothalamic-pitui...