Liver injury in COVID-19: management and challenges

Affiliations

¹ Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing 100039, China.
² Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing 100039, China. Electronic address: fswang302@163.com.

Chao Zhang et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;5(5):428-430.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30057-1. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

¹ Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing 100039, China.
² Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing 100039, China. Electronic address: fswang302@163.com.

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