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. 2020 Sep;27(9):e43-e44.
doi: 10.1111/ene.14298. Epub 2020 May 30.

Two patients with acute meningoencephalitis concomitant with SARS-CoV-2 infection

R Bernard-Valnet  1 , B Pizzarotti  1 , A Anichini  1 , Y Demars  2 , E Russo  2 , M Schmidhauser  2 , J Cerutti-Sola  2 , A O Rossetti  1 , R Du Pasquier  1
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Two patients with acute meningoencephalitis concomitant with SARS-CoV-2 infection

R Bernard-Valnet et al. Eur J Neurol. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; encephalitis; meningitis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Bernard‐Valnet, Dr Pizzarotti, Dr Anichini, Dr Demars, Dr Russo, Dr Schmidhauser, Dr Cerrutti‐Sola and Prof. Du Pasquier declare no financial or other conflicts of interest. Prof. Rossetti served as consultant to Marinus Pharmaceutical and reports research support from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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