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Fulminant Encephalitis As a Sole Manifestation of Covid-19 Publisher Pubmed



Etemadifar M1 ; Salari M2, 3 ; Murgai AA4 ; Hajiahmadi S5
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Source: Neurological Sciences Published: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. © 2020, Fondazione Societa Italiana di Neurologia.