Renal Considerations in COVID-19: Biology, Pathology, and Pathophysiology

Meghan E Kapp1, Agnes B Fogo1, Candice Roufouse2

  • 1From the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992)
|June 30, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes kidney injury, including acute tubular injury and collapsing glomerulopathy. Further research is needed to fully understand SARS-CoV-2

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