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SUBMITTER: Kumaran NK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7477985 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kumaran Naren K NK Karmakar Biraj K BK Taylor Ormond M OM
BMJ case reports 20200907 9
Coronavirus is a severe infectious disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has led to increased mortality worldwide. Multiple reports have been published citing that gastrointestinal symptoms are common in patients with COVID-19 infection. It has also been found that the ACE2 receptor of SARS-CoV-2 is expressed more in the pancreas than the lungs. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the extent and details of pancreatic injury caus ...[more]