The chicken or the egg: low testosterone predisposes for COVID-19 or COVID-19 induces a decrease in testosterone?
Crit Care
.
2021 Jul 7;25(1):237.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03664-9.
Authors
Roeland F Stolk
1
2
,
Henk J van Leeuwen
3
4
,
Matthijs Kox
1
2
,
Marcel van Borren
5
,
Hans de Boer
4
,
Peter Pickkers
6
7
Affiliations
1
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2
Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
3
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital Rijnstate, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
4
Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Rijnstate, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
5
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Rijnstate, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
6
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
[email protected]
.
7
Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
[email protected]
.
PMID:
34233744
PMCID:
PMC8261810
DOI:
10.1186/s13054-021-03664-9
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
COVID-19 / blood*
Disease Susceptibility*
Estradiol / blood
Gonadal Steroid Hormones / blood
Humans
Male
Severity of Illness Index*
Testosterone / blood*
Substances
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Testosterone
Estradiol