与SARS-CoV-2相关的嗅觉功能障碍:解剖结果,组织病理学和病毒RNA和ACE2表达在嗅觉泡中的评估

Marco Dell'Aquila1,2, Concetta Cafiero3,4, Alessandra Micera5

  • 1Anatomic Pathology Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Biomedicines
|April 27, 2024
PubMed
概括

虽然COVID-19会引起无氧化症,但SARS-CoV-2 RNA在嗅觉球体中没有,这表明有间接机制. 需要进一步的研究,以了解和减轻病毒对嗅觉球体的损伤.

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