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Published in: Journal of Neurology 12/2020

01-12-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Letter to the Editors

Transverse myelitis related to COVID-19 infection

Authors: Alexandros Zachariadis, Anca Tulbu, Davide Strambo, Alexis Dumoulin, Gabriella Di Virgilio

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 12/2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing and there is an increasing amount of evidence regarding this infectious disease. Several neurological symptoms or complications related with SARS-CoV-2 have already been reported for both mild and severe cases [1, 2]. Neurological complications have already been reported for other coronaviruses [3, 4]. Here, we report a case of a transverse myelitis (TM) which appeared 2 weeks after mild viral symptoms probably due to SARS-CoV-2. …
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Metadata
Title
Transverse myelitis related to COVID-19 infection
Authors
Alexandros Zachariadis
Anca Tulbu
Davide Strambo
Alexis Dumoulin
Gabriella Di Virgilio
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Journal of Neurology / Issue 12/2020
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-020-09997-9

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