Neurology and the COVID-19 emergency

Alfredo Berardelli^{1

2}, Vincenzo Silani^{3

4}, Paolo Barone^{3

5}, Paolo Calabresi^{3

6}, Paolo Girlanda^{3

7}, Leonardo Lopiano^{3

8}, Luca Massacesi^{3

9}, Salvatore Monaco^{3

10}, Marco Onofrj^{3

11}, Cristina Tassorelli^{3

12}, Gioacchino Tedeschi^{3

13}

Affiliations

¹ Italian College of Professors of Neurology, Rome, Italy. alfredo.berardelli@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Human Neurosciences and IRCCS Neuromed Institute, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. alfredo.berardelli@uniroma1.it.
³ Italian College of Professors of Neurology, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neurology-Stroke Unit and Laboratory Neuroscience, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation "Dino Ferrari Center", University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
⁶ Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
⁸ Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁹ Department of Neurosciences, Drug and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences "G. D'Annunzio", University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
¹² Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
¹³ Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy.

Alfredo Berardelli et al. Neurol Sci. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;41(6):1343-1344.

doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04465-8.

¹ Italian College of Professors of Neurology, Rome, Italy. alfredo.berardelli@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Human Neurosciences and IRCCS Neuromed Institute, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. alfredo.berardelli@uniroma1.it.
³ Italian College of Professors of Neurology, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Neurology-Stroke Unit and Laboratory Neuroscience, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation "Dino Ferrari Center", University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
⁶ Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
⁸ Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
⁹ Department of Neurosciences, Drug and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences "G. D'Annunzio", University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
¹² Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
¹³ Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the authors have any conflict of interest.

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