id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-262519-qjolkwsd Xiong, X. Are COVID-19 infected children with gastrointestinal symptoms different from those without symptoms? A comparative study of the clinical characteristics and epidemiological trend of 244 pediatric cases from Wuhan 2020-05-05 .txt text/plain 3543 299 67 We analyzed COVID-19 infected children in Wuhan who presented with initial GI symptoms to determine the GI characteristics and epidemiological trend of the disease. Conclusion: COVID-19 infected children with GI symptoms are prone to presenting with more clinical and laboratory abnormalities than patients without GI symptoms. The main purpose of this study was to describe the gastrointestinal clinical characteristics, to compare the differences between patients with and without GI symptoms, and to find out the epidemiological trend of COVID-19 children in Wuhan. [17] A study focusing on GI symptoms in COVID-19 adults noted that GI cases had a significantly higher rate of fever and a higher tendency to have a more severe disease. Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms. ./cache/cord-262519-qjolkwsd.txt ./txt/cord-262519-qjolkwsd.txt