Age and comorbidity are central to the risk of death from COVID-19 in liver transplant recipients.

The COVID-Hep.net registry was supported by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL; grant number 2020RG03). SECURE-cirrhosis was also supported by the National Institutes of Health grant T32 DK007634 (AMM), North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (CTSA grant number UL1TR002489) and National Institutes of Health, through Grant Award Number UL1TR002489. TM is supported by the Wellcome Trust as a Clinical Research Fellow. EB is supported by the Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and is an NIHR Senior Investigator.

Source: Journal of Hepatology - February 5, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Gwilym J. Webb, Andrew M. Moon, Eleanor Barnes, A. Sidney Barritt, Thomas Marjot Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research