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Pulmonary Arterial Thrombosis in COVID-19 With Fatal Outcome : Results From a Prospective, Single-Center, Clinicopathologic Case Series.
Sigurd Lax, Kristijan Skok, Peter M. Zechner, Harald H. Kessler, Norbert Kaufmann, Camillo Koelblinger, Klaus Vander, Ute Bargfrieder, Michael Trauner 
14 May 2020-Annals of Internal Medicine
628 Citations
COVID-19 predominantly involves the lungs, causing DAD and leading to acute respiratory insufficiency.
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Clinical and demographic characteristics of covid-19 patients in lagos, nigeria: a descriptive study
Otuonye Nm, Testimony J. Olumade, Mercy Mayowa Ojetunde, Susan Abba Holdbrooke, Joy Boluwatife Ayoola, Itse Yusuf Nyam, Bamidele A. Iwalokun, Chika K. Onwuamah, Mabel Uwandu, Babatunde L. Salako, Akinola Abayomi, Akin Osibogun, Abimbola Bowale, Bodunrin Osikomaiya, Babafemi Thomas, Bamidele Mutiu, N N Odunukwe 
24 Sep 2020-medRxiv
16 Citations
Males are more likely than females to be infected with COVID-19 and the most occurring symptoms are fever, breathing difficulty, malaise, dry cough and chest pain.
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99mTc-Leukocyte Scintigraphy Revealed Viral Pulmonary Infection in a COVID-19 Patient.
Jiefu Zheng, Yiyan Liu 
01 Oct 2020-Clinical Nuclear Medicine
5 Citations
This case demonstrates that leukocyte uptake in bilateral lungs could reveal viral pulmonary infection in COVID-19.
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Airway expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE2, and proteases, TMPRSS2 and furin, in severe asthma
Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, Woo-Jung Song, Alan C. Lunt, Yusef Badi, A. Versi, Guo Y, Kai Sun, Pankaj K. Bhavsar, Peter H. Howarth, SE Dahlen, P. J. Sterk, Ratko Djukanovic, I.M. Adcock, K.F. Chung 
03 Jul 2020-medRxiv
7 Citations
These key determinants of virus entry into the lungs may contribute to the poorer outcomes from COVID-19 disease in patients with severe asthma.
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COVID-19 Diagnosis Systems Based on Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Techniques: A Review
Hivi Ismat Dino, Subhi R. M. Zeebaree, Dathar Abas Hasan, Maiwan B. Abdulrazzaq, Lailan M. Haji, Hanan M. Shukur 
23 Dec 2020
5 Citations
The clinical studies indicate that the severity of COVID-19 cases depends on the virus's amount within infected lungs.
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Lobar Distribution of COVID-19 Pneumonia Based on Chest Computed Tomography Findings;A Retrospective Study
Sara Haseli, Nastaran Khalili, Mehrdad Bakhshayeshkaram, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Yashar Moharramzad 
18 Apr 2020
24 Citations
COVID-19 mainly affects the lower lobes of the lungs.
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Lipid storm within the lungs of severe COVID-19 patients: Extensive levels of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase-derived inflammatory metabolites.
Anne-Sophie Archambault, Younes Zaid, Younes Zaid, Volatiana Rakotoarivelo, Étienne Doré, Isabelle Dubuc, Cyril Martin, Youssef Amar, Amine Cheikh, Hakima Fares, Amine El Hassani, Y. Tijani, Michel Laviolette, Eric Boilard, Louis Flamand, Nicolas Flamand 
07 Dec 2020-medRxiv
19 Citations
Our data unmask the important lipid storm occurring in the lungs of patients afflicted with severe COVID-19.
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Symptomatic Infection is Associated with Prolonged Duration of Viral Shedding in Mild Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Study of 110 Children in Wuhan.
Yingying Lu, Yi Li, Wenyue Deng, Mingyang Liu, Yuanzhi He, Lingyue Huang, Mengxue Lv, Jianxin Li, Hao Du 
05 May 2020-Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
79 Citations
Monitoring of symptoms could help to know the viral shedding in children with COVID-19.

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