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Comment
. 2020 Sep;27(9):e41-e42.
doi: 10.1111/ene.14275. Epub 2020 May 14.

COVID-19: what if the brain had a role in causing the deaths?

C Tassorelli  1   2 , F Mojoli  3   4 , F Baldanti  3   5 , R Bruno  3   6 , M Benazzo  3   7
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COVID-19: what if the brain had a role in causing the deaths?

C Tassorelli et al. Eur J Neurol. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: coronavirus; neurotropism; respiratory centres; vagus nerve.

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