Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infects the nasopharynx and lungs and causes coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). It may impact the heart, brain, kidney, and liver. Although functional impairment of the liver has been correlated with worse clinical outcomes, little is known about the pathophysiology of hepatic injury and repair in COVID-19. Histologic evaluation has been limited to small numbers of COVID-19 cases with no control subjects and demonstrated largely heterogeneous patterns of pathology..
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7844358 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2021.01.044 | DOI Listing |
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