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01-12-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Letter to the Editor

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

Authors: Federico Mocchegiani, Gianluca Svegliati Baroni, Marco Vivarelli

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 4/2020

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SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) outbreak ravaged Italy. Marche is the eight Italian region in terms of rate of disease [1]. Several cases of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID 19) in liver transplant recipients (LTRs) have been reported but there is no figure on the prevalence of the disease in the entire population of LTRs. …

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Title: 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
Authors: Federico Mocchegiani
Gianluca Svegliati Baroni
Marco Vivarelli
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Tacrolimus
Everolimus
Published in: Updates in Surgery / Issue 4/2020
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-020-00881-9

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