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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 15, 2003; 9(6): 1135-1138
Published online Jun 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i6.1135
Published online Jun 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i6.1135
Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its lesions in digestive system
Jian-Zhong Zhang, Department of Pathology, 306 Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100101, China
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Professor Jian-Zhong Zhang, Director of Department of Pathology, Beijing 306 Hospital, 9 North Anxiang Road, P.O.Box 9720, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. zhangjz55@sina.com
Telephone: +86-10-66356237 Fax: +86-10-64871261
Received: May 20, 2003
Revised: May 24, 2003
Accepted: May 27, 2003
Published online: June 15, 2003
Revised: May 24, 2003
Accepted: May 27, 2003
Published online: June 15, 2003
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an infectious atypical pneumonia that has recently been recognized in the patients in 32 countries and regions. This brief review summarizes some of the initial etiologic findings, pathological description, and its lesions of digestive system caused by SARS virus. It is an attempt to draw gastroenterologists and hepatologists' attention to this fatal illness, especially when it manifests itself initially as digestive symptoms.
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