articleThe Lancet NeurologyJul 2, 2020HYBRID OA

Neurological associations of COVID-19

MAMark A EllulLBLaura BenjaminBSBhagteshwar SinghSLSuzannah LantBDBenedict Daniel Michael

University College London · National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · +6 more institutions

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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…

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  • MA
    Mark A EllulCorresponding
  • LB
    Laura Benjamin

    University College London, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

  • BS
    Bhagteshwar Singh
  • SL
    Suzannah Lant

    National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections at University of Liverpool, University of Liverpool

  • BD
    Benedict Daniel Michael

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Keywords
  • Anosmia
  • Stroke (engine)
  • Asymptomatic
  • Encephalopathy
  • Disease
  • Context (archaeology)
  • Epidemiology
  • Cohort
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