New challenges from Covid-19 pandemic: an unexpected opportunity to enlighten the link between viral infections and brain disorders?

Alessandro Gialluisi¹, Giovanni de Gaetano², Licia Iacoviello^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Via dell'Elettronica, 86077, Pozzilli, Italy. alessandro.gialluisi@gmail.com.
² Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Via dell'Elettronica, 86077, Pozzilli, Italy.
³ Research Center in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

Comment

Alessandro Gialluisi et al. Neurol Sci. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;41(6):1349-1350.

doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04444-z. Epub 2020 May 6.

Alessandro Gialluisi¹, Giovanni de Gaetano², Licia Iacoviello^{2

3}

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Via dell'Elettronica, 86077, Pozzilli, Italy. alessandro.gialluisi@gmail.com.
² Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS NEUROMED, Via dell'Elettronica, 86077, Pozzilli, Italy.
³ Research Center in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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