Defining causality in COVID-19 and neurological disorders

Mark Ellul^{1

2

3}, Aravinthan Varatharaj^{4

5}, Timothy R Nicholson⁶, Thomas Arthur Pollak⁶, Naomi Thomas^{7

8}, Ava Easton⁹, Michael S Zandi¹⁰, Hadi Manji¹⁰, Tom Solomon^{1

2

3}, Alan Carson¹¹, Martin R Turner¹², Rachel Kneen^{1

3

13}, Ian Galea^{4

5}, Sarah Pett^{14

15}, Rhys Huw Thomas^{7

16}, Benedict Daniel Michael^{17

2

3}; CoroNerve Steering Committee

Collaborators, Affiliations

Collaborators

CoroNerve Steering Committee:
Laura Benjamin, Jonathan Coles, Nicholas Ws Davies, Ava Easton, Hadi Manji, Craig Smith, Tom Solomon, Michael Zandi, A Carson, A David, M Dilley, E Joyce, T R Nicholson, T Pollak, V Voon, M Turner, R Chin, R Al-Shahi Salman, C Smith, J Coles, D Menon, C Semple

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection, Liverpool, UK.
² Neurology, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
³ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁴ Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁵ Wessex Neurosciences Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
⁶ Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
⁸ Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
⁹ Encephalitis Society, Malton, UK.
¹⁰ Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹² Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹³ Neurology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
¹⁴ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁵ MRC CTU at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
¹⁷ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection, Liverpool, UK benmic@liv.ac.uk.

PMID: 32503883
PMCID: PMC7299654
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323667

Editorial

Defining causality in COVID-19 and neurological disorders

Mark Ellul et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;91(8):811-812.

doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323667. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Authors

Collaborators

CoroNerve Steering Committee:
Laura Benjamin, Jonathan Coles, Nicholas Ws Davies, Ava Easton, Hadi Manji, Craig Smith, Tom Solomon, Michael Zandi, A Carson, A David, M Dilley, E Joyce, T R Nicholson, T Pollak, V Voon, M Turner, R Chin, R Al-Shahi Salman, C Smith, J Coles, D Menon, C Semple

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection, Liverpool, UK.
² Neurology, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
³ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
⁴ Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁵ Wessex Neurosciences Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
⁶ Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.
⁸ Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
⁹ Encephalitis Society, Malton, UK.
¹⁰ Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹² Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
¹³ Neurology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
¹⁴ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁵ MRC CTU at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
¹⁷ NIHR Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infection, Liverpool, UK benmic@liv.ac.uk.

PMID: 32503883
PMCID: PMC7299654
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323667

No abstract available

Keywords: cerebrovascular disease; clinical neurology; infectious diseases; intensive care; medicine.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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