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Could autism spectrum disorders be a risk factor for COVID-19?
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Increasing Face Mask Wearing in Autistic Individuals Using Behavior Analytic Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Pooled it
- A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Investigation of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Mortality Among Autistic People.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Effects of COVID-19 on children with autism.World journal of virology · 2022Review
- Epidemiological Context and Risk Factors Associated with the Evolution of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): A Retrospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- [Autism Spectrum Disorders: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us].Annales medico-psychologiques · 2022Article
- "It was surprisingly equivalent to the appointment I had in person": Advantages and disadvantages of synchronous telehealth for delivering primary care for autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- Brief Report: Impact of COVID-19 in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Analysis of a National Private Claims Insurance Database.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- COVID-19 risk: Adult Medicaid beneficiaries with autism, intellectual disability, and mental health conditions.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic and Impact on Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review on the Impact of the Social Confinement on People with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- High intelligence may exacerbate paediatric inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2 infection.Medical hypotheses · 2021Article
- Why Fast COVID-19 Vaccination Needed for People with Disabilities and Autistics in Korea?Journal of Korean medical science · 2021Article
- A Pilot Study on Covid and Autism: Prevalence, Clinical Presentation and Vaccine Side Effects.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Global health disparities in vulnerable populations of psychiatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Review
- Autism Spectrum Disorder patients may be susceptible to COVID-19 disease due to deficiency in melatonin.Medical hypotheses · 2021Article
- Systemic Inflammation and Astrocyte Reactivity in the Neuropsychiatric Sequelae of COVID-19: Focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
- Telehealth mask wearing training for children with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2021Article
- Prognostic Value of Serum Procalcitonin in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemia is infecting millions of people and some studies relate conditions that might increase the risk of developing a fatal course for the disease, such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and obesity. In COVID-19 physiopathology, one of the main inflammation mechanisms is the "cytokine storm", causing a pro-inflammatory state, related to cardiac and pulmonary damage. There is also a less effective role of lymphocyte B and T in the humoral immunity due to the reduction of their proliferative response. The physiopathology of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) involves several modifications at the genetic and at the immune level, such as the increase of inflammatory cytokines and abnormal immune response in several levels. We hypothesize that ASD could be a risk-factor as the other conditions are.
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