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Oxytocin, a possible treatment for COVID-19? Everything to gain, nothing to lose

Diep, Phuoc-Tan; Buemann, Benjamin; Uvnas-Moberg, Kerstin

Sammanfattning

After comparing the morbidity patterns of COVID-19 infections, variations of oxytocin levels and some properties of the neurohormone oxytocin, the authors put forward their hypothesis that oxytocin might constitute a safe, inexpensive and readily available treatment for this disease.

Nyckelord

COVID-19; pandemic; treatment; oxytocin; immune system; inflammation

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Clinical Neuropsychiatry
2020, Volym: 17, nummer: 3, sidor: 192-195