Acute kidney injury and COVID-19

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recent pandemic infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 may lead to acute kidney injury (AKI). Main text SARS-CoV-2 uses angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and dipeptidyl peptid...

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Main Authors: Hayder M. Al-kuraishy, Ali I. Al-Gareeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-021-00064-x