COVID-19 in long-term liver transplant patients: preliminary experience from an Italian transplant centre in Lombardy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatology, Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Foundation IRCCS, 20133 Milan, Italy.
² Department of Hepatology, Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Foundation IRCCS, 20133 Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Organ Transplant, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Hepatology, Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Foundation IRCCS, 20133 Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.mazzaferro@istitutotumori.mi.it.

Sherrie Bhoori et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;5(6):532-533.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30116-3. Epub 2020 Apr 9.

¹ Department of Hepatology, Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Foundation IRCCS, 20133 Milan, Italy.
² Department of Hepatology, Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Foundation IRCCS, 20133 Milan, Italy; Department of Pathophysiology and Organ Transplant, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Hepatology, Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Foundation IRCCS, 20133 Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.mazzaferro@istitutotumori.mi.it.

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Mild impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the entire population of liver transplant recipients: the experience of an Italian Centre based in a high-risk area.
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