ea0073oc14.3 | Oral Communications 14: Across Endocrinology | ECE2021
Macedo Sofia
, Pestana Ana
, Liliana Ribeiro dos Santos
, Neves Celestino
, Susana Guimarães
, Guimarães Amaro Nunes
, Dolhnikoff Marisa
, Saldiva Paulo
, Carneiro Fátima
, Sobrinho-Simões Manuel
, Soares Paula
BackgroundIn the 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) a number of patients presented abnormalities in the thyroid functioning, neuroendocrine and calcium homeostasis. It was detected in autopsies from SARS Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) patients that the thyroid gland was significantly affected by the disease, with extensive injury and death of follicular and parafollicular cells. In the present SARS-CoV-2 pandemic some studies start to repo...