Preprint: Elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin following SARS-CoV-2 infection in children under 10
Those cases of mysterious hepatitis in kids are looking increasingly less mysterious by the day….
“Compared to children infected with other respiratory infections, children infected with COVID-19 infection were at significantly increased risk for elevated AST or ALT and total bilirubin. These results suggest acute and long-term hepatic sequelae of COVID-19 in pediatric patients.”
Preprint: Elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin following SARS-CoV-2 infection in children under 10
More on this topic from The Lancet…..
Lancet: Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
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** This post was originally published on May 16, 2022 **