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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/62649| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Possible role of exogenous melatonin in preventing more serious covid-19 infection in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| Authors: | Wagner José Martorina Almir Ribeiro Tavares Júnior |
| Abstract: | COVID-19 infection is more severe in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). The severity of this viral infection is associated with an intense inflammatory activity. DM2 is a disease that also determines a greater degree of systemic inflammation. This is due to hyperglycemia, the higher prevalence of sleep disorders and also the low levels of melatonin, a substance with anti-inflammatory actions, in these patients. In this article, we suggest that exogenous melatonin may have an important anti-inflammatory role in preventing severe forms of COVID -19 in patients with DM2. |
| Subject: | Diabetes Mellitus Melatonin Sleep Coronavirus Infections |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PSIQUIATRIA E NEUROLOGIA MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE SAÚDE MENTAL |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.67.Suppl1.20200968 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/62649 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.67.Suppl1.20200968 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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