Publication Name	World Journal of Clinical Cases
Manuscript ID	62334
Country	United States

Received	2021-01-05 22:55
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Category	Health Care Sciences & Services
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Clinical characteristics, gastrointestinal manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Iran; does the location matters?
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Pouneh Mokarram, Maryam Mehdipour Dalivand, Antonio Pizuorno, Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi, Mohammadamin Sadeghdoust, Ebtesam Sadeghdoust, Farshad Aduli, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Hassan Brim and Hassan Ashktorab
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Corresponding Author	Hassan Ashktorab, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Howard University, 2041 Georgia Ave, Washington, DC 20060, United States. hashktorab@howard.edu
Key Words	COVID-19; Pandemic; Gastrointestinal manifestation; Iran
Core Tip	The location of the places the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impacted in the world varies based on many social and economic factors. We chose and studied four different sites from Iran and determined that hypertension and diabetes as the most common comorbidities, but their distribution was different in COVID-19 patients in the four studied regions of Iran. Nausea, diarrhea, and elevated liver enzymes were the most common gastrointestinal symptoms.
Publish Date	2021-06-11 09:22
Citation	Mokarram P, Dalivand MM, Pizuorno A, Aligolighasemabadi F, Sadeghdoust M, Sadeghdoust E, Aduli F, Oskrochi G, Brim H, Ashktorab H. Clinical characteristics, gastrointestinal manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in Iran; does the location matters? World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(18): 4654-4667
URL	https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v9/i18/4654.htm
DOI	https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i18.4654

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