Coronaviruses and Immunosuppressed Patients: The Facts During the Third Epidemic

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 832-834

  D’Antiga, Lorenzo ^a  

^a PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLUENZA; ITALY; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PANDEMIC; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC;

CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 85082716223     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.25756     Document Type: Letter

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