The clinical characteristics of coronavirus-associated nephropathy
Björn Meijers, Luuk B. Hilbrands
Abstract
We are facing a full-blown pandemic, caused by a recently identified beta-coronavirus The clinical disease, coined coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is quite heterogeneous. While most patients are asymptomatic or have minor symptoms, a minority of patients develop more serious and potentially life-threatening respiratory disease In this issue of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Portole s and coworkers report on a large European cohort of patients with COVID-19. They explore kidney involvement as part of the clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection
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