Neurological associations of COVID-19
University College London · National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · +6 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is of a scale not seen since the 1918 influenza pandemic. Although the predominant clinical presentation is with respiratory disease, neurological manifestations are being recognised increasingly. On the basis of knowledge of other coronaviruses, especially those that caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome epidemics, cases of CNS and peripheral nervous system disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 might be expected to be rare. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: A growing number of case reports and series describe a wide array of neurological manifestations in 901 patients, but many have…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 145.09
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 106
Authors
10- MAMark A EllulCorresponding
- LBLaura Benjamin
University College London, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- BSBhagteshwar Singh
- SLSuzannah Lant
National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool
- BDBenedict Daniel Michael
Topics & keywords
- Anosmia
- Stroke (engine)
- Asymptomatic
- Encephalopathy
- Disease
- Context (archaeology)
- Epidemiology
- Cohort