Arman Mosavat, Ali Mirhosseini, Alireza Shariati, Mehran Mohareri, Narges Valizadeh, Fatemeh Sadat Mohammadi, Seyed Ali Akbar Shamsian, Mozhdeh Jafari Rad, Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee
INTRODUCTION: In acute conditions, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes multi-organ damage due to the induction of inappropriate immune responses, particularly lung tissue fibrosis. To evaluate the consequence of the deterioration of the immune system, autoimmune markers were assessed. METHODS: In a case-control study, 108 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and 158 outpatients with mild clinical symptoms, with SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) positive tests, were included for comparison...
November 2023: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases