After observing patients with pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan (China), a novel Coronavirus was identified as 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in COVID-19 and can be present in up to 26% of patients in some populations; the most common is diarrhoea, followed by nausea and/or vomiting and abdominal pain. A few studies recently described liver impairment as a common manifestation of the virus; therefore, a correlation between the severity of the disease and liver injury is being sought up.
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