COVID-19 and Thyroid Diseases: How the Pandemic Situation Affects Thyroid Disease Patients.

Autor: Pramono LA; Department of Public Health and Nutrition, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.; Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Carolus Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies [J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc] 2020; Vol. 35 (2), pp. 155-157. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 30.
DOI: 10.15605/jafes.035.02.01
Abstrakt: Patients with thyroid diseases need special attention during this COVID-19 pandemic. There is a paucity of publications that review the effect of coronavirus infection on thyroid disease patients, such as those with hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules and cancer. This article aims to collect reviews and statements about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the management of thyroid disease patients.
Competing Interests: The author declared no conflicts of interest.
(© 2020 Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies.)
Databáze: MEDLINE