1. Autopsy of COVID-19 patients in China
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Bian, Xiu-Wu, Yao, Xiao-Hong, Ping, Yi-Fang, Yu, Shicang, Shi, Yu, Luo, Tao, He, Zhi-Cheng, Tang, Rui, Chen, Cong, Fu, Wen-Juan, Zhang, Hongyan, Zhang, Hua-Rong, Xiang, Dong-Fang, Li, Qing-Rui, Huang, Xuequan, Li, Tingyuan, Zhao, Pengnan, Wang, Chaofu, Fei, Xiaochun, Cai, Jun, Zhao, Lei, Zhang, Heng, Liu, Zhenghua, Liu, Liang, Wang, Guoping, Nie, Xiu, Zhou, Yiwu, Ren, Liang, Liu, Qian, Wang, Yi, Ao, Qilin, Wang, Xi, Duan, Yaqi, Li, Jiansha, Xiong, Jin, Xu, Sanpeng, Zhang, Jie, Huang, Sizhe, Yang, Ming, Huang, Bo, Li, Xiang, Peng, Lixu, Xi, Pan, Hua, Xiong, Su, Hua, Wangcheng, Sihua, Yu, Cheng, Wu, Haibo, Li, Heng, Ren, Yong, Chen, Xinwei, Liang, Liwei, Zhang, Zongxing, Chen, Rong, Deng, Fei, Qu, Guoqiang, Wang, Rongshuai, Wang, Yunyun, Zhou, Xiaowei, Wang, Fusheng, and Zhao, Jingmin
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multidisciplinary ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,AcademicSubjects/SCI00010 ,business.industry ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,MEDLINE ,COVID-19 ,Autopsy ,Chinese academy of sciences ,Minimally invasive autopsy ,Pathology ,Medicine ,AcademicSubjects/MED00010 ,business ,China ,Perspectives - Abstract
Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 virus and pathological features of multiple organs in COVID-19 patients remains unclear, which interferes with the improvement of COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment. In this article, we summarize the pathological findings obtained from systematic autopsy (37 cases) and percutaneous multiple organ biopsy (“minimally invasive autopsy”, 54 cases). These findings should shed light on better understanding of the progression of COVID-19 infection and the means of more effective intervention.
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- 2020