COVID-19 and acute pancreatitis: examining the causality

Case reports and retrospective cohort studies have reported an association between acute pancreatitis and COVID-19. As SARS-CoV-2 (the causative agent of COVID-19) receptors are expressed in the pancreas and endothelial damage can occur, this association is plausible. However, this hypothesis has ma...

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Autores principales: de-Madaria, Enrique, Capurso, Gabriele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33203968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-00389-y
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description Case reports and retrospective cohort studies have reported an association between acute pancreatitis and COVID-19. As SARS-CoV-2 (the causative agent of COVID-19) receptors are expressed in the pancreas and endothelial damage can occur, this association is plausible. However, this hypothesis has many biases and needs further investigation.
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spelling pubmed-76704842020-11-18 COVID-19 and acute pancreatitis: examining the causality de-Madaria, Enrique Capurso, Gabriele Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol Comment Case reports and retrospective cohort studies have reported an association between acute pancreatitis and COVID-19. As SARS-CoV-2 (the causative agent of COVID-19) receptors are expressed in the pancreas and endothelial damage can occur, this association is plausible. However, this hypothesis has many biases and needs further investigation. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-11-17 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7670484/ /pubmed/33203968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41575-020-00389-y Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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