COVID-19 in liver transplant recipients: preliminary data from the ELITA/ELTR registry

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Niguarda Hospital, Milan 20162, Italy. Electronic address: luca.belli@ospedaleniguarda.it.
² Department of Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris-Est University, Paris, France.
³ Centre Hépatobiliaire, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Paris, France.
⁴ Departimento de Medicina, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ Chirugía General, Doce de Octubre Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Liver Transplant Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁹ Department of Surgery and Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Starzl Abdominal Transplant Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
¹¹ Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹² Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
¹⁴ Research Centre on Public Health, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Barcelona Villaroel, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Luca S Belli et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;5(8):724-725.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30183-7. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

¹ Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Niguarda Hospital, Milan 20162, Italy. Electronic address: luca.belli@ospedaleniguarda.it.
² Department of Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Henri Mondor Hospital, Paris-Est University, Paris, France.
³ Centre Hépatobiliaire, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Paris, France.
⁴ Departimento de Medicina, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy.
⁶ Chirugía General, Doce de Octubre Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Liver Transplant Unit, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁹ Department of Surgery and Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Starzl Abdominal Transplant Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
¹¹ Liver and Multi-organ Transplantation, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
¹² Liver Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
¹³ Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
¹⁴ Research Centre on Public Health, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
¹⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Barcelona Villaroel, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC-University, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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