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Comment
. 2021 Feb;74(2):487-488.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.05.051. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

Is the increased risk for MAFLD patients to develop severe COVID-19 linked to perturbation of the gut-liver axis?

Gabriella Assante  1 , Roger Williams  1 , Neil Alexander Youngson  2
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Is the increased risk for MAFLD patients to develop severe COVID-19 linked to perturbation of the gut-liver axis?

Gabriella Assante et al. J Hepatol. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Gut-liver axis; Inflammation; Intestinal permeability; MAFLD; Obesity.

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