Review Article
Liver disease in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic
Siddesh Besur*, Rehana Begum, Vikraman Gunabushanam and Herbert L Bonkovsky
Published: 20 October, 2020 | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Pages: 052-057
Coronavirus infections have caused outbreaks in humans: SARS-COV ((Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) resulting in significant mortality and morbidity
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DOI: 10.29328/journal.acgh.1001023
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Keywords:
Coronavirus infections; Abnormal liver tests; Liver transplant; Immunosuppression; viral hepatitis
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