Primary biliary cholangitis and SARS-CoV-2 infection: incidence, susceptibility and outcomes

Affiliations

¹ Hepatology Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain javi.ampuero@gmail.com.
² Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
³ Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
⁴ (CIBERehd) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Hepatology Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
⁶ Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain.
⁷ Digestive Department, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecardenas, Almeria, Spain.
⁸ Digestive Department, Donostia Ospitalea, San Sebastian, Spain.
⁹ Liver Transplantation and Hepatology Unit, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
¹⁰ Digestive Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
¹¹ Digestive Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Digestive Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
¹³ Gastroenterology, IBIOMED, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, Spain.
¹⁴ Digestive Department, Hospital Clinico Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
¹⁵ Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
¹⁶ Digestive Diseases Unit, Alcorcón University Hospital, Alcorcon, Spain.
¹⁷ Digestive Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario Santiago Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Javier Ampuero et al. Gut. 2021.

. 2021 Dec 7:gutjnl-2021-325700.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325700. Online ahead of print.

¹ Hepatology Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain javi.ampuero@gmail.com.
² Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
³ Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
⁴ (CIBERehd) Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Hepatology Unit, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
⁶ Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain.
⁷ Digestive Department, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecardenas, Almeria, Spain.
⁸ Digestive Department, Donostia Ospitalea, San Sebastian, Spain.
⁹ Liver Transplantation and Hepatology Unit, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
¹⁰ Digestive Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
¹¹ Digestive Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Digestive Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
¹³ Gastroenterology, IBIOMED, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Leon, Leon, Spain.
¹⁴ Digestive Department, Hospital Clinico Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
¹⁵ Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
¹⁶ Digestive Diseases Unit, Alcorcón University Hospital, Alcorcon, Spain.
¹⁷ Digestive Department, Hospital Clinico Universitario Santiago Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

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Keywords: COVID-19; liver; primary biliary cirrhosis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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