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01-11-2020 | Coronavirus | COVID-19

Fulminant encephalitis as a sole manifestation of COVID-19

Authors: Masoud Etemadifar, Mehri Salari, Aditya Ashok Murgai, Somayeh Hajiahmadi

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 11/2020

Abstract

Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) occurred in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has become a global health emergency. Coronavirus primarily is a respiratory virus, but it has been detected in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of infected individuals. The present report describes a case of fulminant encephalitis in a patient affected by COVID-19.

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Title: Fulminant encephalitis as a sole manifestation of COVID-19
Authors: Masoud Etemadifar
Mehri Salari
Aditya Ashok Murgai
Somayeh Hajiahmadi
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Headache
Encephalitis
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 11/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04712-y

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