• Title of article

    Covid-19 gastrointestinal symptoms are not a secondary clinical manifestation: the Italian experience

  • Author/Authors

    Assandri, Roberto Clinical Investigation Laboratory - Ospedale Maggiore di Crema - Crema, Italy , Montanelli, Alessandro Clinical Investigation Laboratory - Ospedale Bolognini Seriate - Bergamo, Italy

  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    415
  • To page
    416
  • Abstract
    After the December 2019 outbreak of Covid-19 in China, the novel coronavirus infection has quickly spread worldwide and is now considered a global public health crisis. In May 2020, a total of 104,291 laboratory-confirmed cases had been documented in Italy, with Lombardy in the northern region of Italian being the major recorder of Covid-19 cases (over 62,000) (Ministry of Health, Civil Protection Department, daily notice). Lombardy Region reported 79,369 Covid-19 cases, making it a red zone, the eye of the greatest storm ever seen in Italian health history....
  • Keywords
    Covid-19 , gastrointestinal symptoms , secondary clinical manifestation , Italian experience , To The Editor
  • Journal title
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology From Bed to Bench
  • Serial Year
    2020
  • Record number

    2658654