The gut-liver axis in chronic liver disease associated with severe COVID-19

Jiezhong Chen¹, Luis Vitetta^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Research Department, Medlab Clinical, Sydney 2015.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.

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Jiezhong Chen et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 1;33(1S Suppl 1):e1103.

doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002290.

Jiezhong Chen¹, Luis Vitetta^{1

2}

¹ Research Department, Medlab Clinical, Sydney 2015.
² Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

Altered gut microbial metabolites could mediate the effects of risk factors in Covid-19.
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