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Serotonin deficiency and psychiatric long COVID: both caused specifically by the virus itself or an adaptive general stress response?

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  1. Department of Mental Health, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Castrop-Rauxel, Academic Teaching Hospital of The University of Duisburg, Essen, Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

    Udo Bonnet

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Landschaftsverband Rheinland-Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

    Udo Bonnet

  3. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924, Cologne, Germany

    Jens Kuhn

  4. Alexianer Hospital Cologne, Alexianer Köln GmbH, 51149, Cologne, Germany

    Jens Kuhn

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Bonnet, U., Kuhn, J. Serotonin deficiency and psychiatric long COVID: both caused specifically by the virus itself or an adaptive general stress response?. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01769-0

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