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Liver involvement in children with SARS-COV-2 infection: Two distinct clinical phenotypes caused by the same virus.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Sept 2021
Perez Adriana, Cantor Amanda, Rudolph Bryan, Miller Jonathan, Kogan-Liberman Debora, Gao Qi, Da Silva Bernardo, Margolis Kara G, Ovchinsky Nadia, Martinez Mercedes
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated acute liver injury (ALI) has been linked to poor outcomes in adults. Here we compare characteristics in children with elevated ALT (E-ALT) in two distinct manifestations of the infection, multisystem inflammatory syndrome-children (MIS-C) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). METHODS: This is a retrospective study of...
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