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Dealing with immune-mediated neuropathies during COVID-19 outbreak: practical recommendations from the task force of the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SINC) and the Italian Peripheral Nervous System Association (ASNP)

Authors: Raffaele Dubbioso, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio, Fiore Manganelli, Lucio Santoro, Chiara Briani, Dario Cocito, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Gian Maria Fabrizi, on behalf of SIN, SINC and ASNP

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 6/2020

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Title: Dealing with immune-mediated neuropathies during COVID-19 outbreak: practical recommendations from the task force of the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SINC) and the Italian Peripheral Nervous System Association (ASNP)
Authors: Raffaele Dubbioso
Eduardo Nobile-Orazio
Fiore Manganelli
Lucio Santoro
Chiara Briani
Dario Cocito
Gioacchino Tedeschi
Vincenzo Di Lazzaro
Gian Maria Fabrizi
on behalf of SIN, SINC and ASNP
Publication date: 01-06-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04448-9

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