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Digestive manifestations of COVID-19 Volume 27, issue 5, Mai 2020

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Groupe Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy-Montfermeil, Service d’hépato-gastroentérologie, 10 rue du Général Leclerc, 93370 Montfermeil
* Correspondance

GI symptoms associated with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus initially described as rare are being reported more frequently. Diarrhea is the most common digestive symptom but usually remains mild regardless of the stage of infection. These symptoms are mostly related to a more severe respiratory disease. GI symptoms are rarely isolated but may appears before respiratory involvement. Liver and pancreatic involvement is usually mild and transient and appears to be associated with a more severe form of COVID-19.