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Autism Spectrum Disorder patients may be susceptible to COVID-19 disease due to deficiency in melatonin.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Apr 2021
Brown Gregory M, Karthikeyan Ramanujam, Pandi-Perumal Seithikurippu R, Cardinali Daniel P
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Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) may be particularly prone to develop COVID-19. An unusual extended course of COVID-19 disease illness has been reported in one ASD patient and a group of patients have COVID-19 disease in a neurodevelopmental facility. It has been widely reported that many of those with ASD have substantial sleep disorders with low levels of melatonin and various genetic alterations...
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