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Advanced Liver Disease Main Forums => Advanced Liver Disease => Topic started by: Hep Editors on September 14, 2020, 10:32:56 am
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An analysis of cases of COVID-19 among people with chronic liver disease has found that having advanced cirrhosis (liver scarring) is associated with a much higher risk of death, aidsmap reports.
COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus, which is officially known as SARS-CoV-2.
The international registries COVID-HEP (COVID-Hep.net) and SECURE-Cirrhosis (COVIDCirrhosis.org) were established in March to track the health outcomes of people with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis after they were diagnosed with COVID-19. COVID-HEP collects reports from Europe, while SECURE-Cirrhosis does so for North and South America and Asia.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/advanced-cirrhosis-tied-much-higher-risk-death-covid19