1. Age-Dependent Sensory Impairment in COVID-19 Infection and its Correlation with ACE2 Expression
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Eli Heller, Haim Bibi, Ido Somekh, Eli Somekh, and Husam Yakub Hanna
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Adult ,Microbiology (medical) ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Taste ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Adolescent ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Physiology ,Age dependent ,Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A ,Correlation ,Hypesthesia ,03 medical and health sciences ,Betacoronavirus ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Sensory impairment ,Age groups ,030225 pediatrics ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health ,Young adult ,Israel ,Child ,Pandemics ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Age Factors ,COVID-19 ,Smell ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 ,business ,Coronavirus Infections - Abstract
Among individuals who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, smell and taste sensations were significantly less impaired among children than among adults, in a stepwise manner. Sensory impairment was correlated with recent data of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expression in the corresponding age groups. This is the first report to compare sensory impairment in children and adults testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019.
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- 2020
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