COVID-19 in liver transplant recipients: preliminary data from the ELITA/ELTR registry.
(2020) Lancet gastroenterology and hepatology — Vol. 5, n° 8, p. 724-725 (2020)
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- (en) Whether liver transplant recipients are at a particularly high risk for critical COVID-19 needs clarification. To date, data are scarce1, 2, 3, 4 and results conflicting. On March 30, 2020, the European Liver and Intestine Transplantation Association (ELITA) sent out a call to establish a COVID-19 registry for liver transplant recipients to 149 liver transplant centres affiliated to the European Liver Transplant Registry (ELTR) located in 30 European countries. 114 (77%) centres responded to the call, with 56 (49%) of these having observed cases of COVID-19 in their liver transplant recipients. [...]
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Belli, L. S., Duvoux, C., Karam, V., Adam, R., Cuervas-Mons, V., Pasulo, L., Loinaz, C., Invernizzi, F., Patrono, D., Bhoori, S., Ciccarelli, O., Morelli, M. C., Castells, L., Lopez-Lopez, V., Conti, S., Fondevila, C., & Polak, W. (2020). COVID-19 in liver transplant recipients: preliminary data from the ELITA/ELTR registry. Lancet gastroenterology and hepatology, 5(8), 724-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30183-7 (Original work published 2020)