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ArticleThe lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology2022

COVID-19 targets human adrenal glands.

Waldemar Kanczkowski, Katja Evert, Marlena Stadtmüller, Martina Haberecker, Laura Laks, Lan-Sun Chen, Karl Frontzek, Jessica Pablik, Constanze Hantel, Felix Beuschlein and 5 more

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Article in The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Adrenal Cysts: To Operate or Not to Operate?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  12. Mechanisms of long COVID: An updated review.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2023
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  17. Cross-Talk of NADPH Oxidases and Inflammation in Obesity.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  19. SARS-CoV-2 infection and its effects on the endocrine system.Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism · 2023
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  20. Approach to the Patient With Adrenal Hemorrhage.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Waldemar KanczkowskiDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Katja EvertInstitute of Pathology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Marlena StadtmüllerInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Martina HabereckerDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Switzerland.
Laura LaksInstitute of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lan-Sun ChenInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Karl FrontzekInstitute of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jessica PablikDepartment of Pathology, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Constanze HantelDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; Institute of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Felix BeuschleinDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; Institute of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas KurthUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, and Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technology Platform, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Sven GruberDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; Institute of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Adriano AguzziInstitute of Neuropathology University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Zsuzsanna VargaDepartment of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Switzerland.
Stefan R BornsteinDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, King's College London, London, UK. Electronic address: stefan.bornstein@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
TU Dresden · DEUniversity of Zurich · CHUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEUniversity of Regensburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19Adrenal GlandsHumansSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34801110
PMCPMC8601687
OpenAlexW3213602794

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