Liver complications common with COVID-19

Pre-existing liver disease and acute hepatic injury during the infection are associated with more risk of severe or fatal disease, authors say
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Liver complications are common and are associated with more severe disease in patients with COVID-19, a review shows.

European researchers evaluated the hepatic manifestations and complications of COVID-19 in their systematic review of 19 retrospective cohort studies (14 from China and five from the USA), including more than 15,000 patients with the infection..