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01-08-2020 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Letter to the Editors

Acute transverse myelitis after COVID-19 pneumonia

Authors: Maike Munz, Swen Wessendorf, Georgios Koretsis, Friedemann Tewald, Reem Baegi, Stefan Krämer, Michael Geissler, Matthias Reinhard

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 8/2020

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Neurological complications of SARS-CoV2 infection are increasingly recognized [1]. Recently, a SARS-CoV2 induced focal encephalitis was reported [2]. Here we describe a case of multifocal transverse myelitis following acute COVID-19 pneumonia. …

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Title: Acute transverse myelitis after COVID-19 pneumonia
Authors: Maike Munz
Swen Wessendorf
Georgios Koretsis
Friedemann Tewald
Reem Baegi
Stefan Krämer
Michael Geissler
Matthias Reinhard
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pneumonia
COVID-19
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-09934-w

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