Transverse myelitis related to COVID-19 infection

Alexandros Zachariadis¹, Anca Tulbu², Davide Strambo^{1

3}, Alexis Dumoulin⁴, Gabriella Di Virgilio^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Unit, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland.
² Internal Medicine Department, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland.
³ Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Department, Central Institute of the Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
⁵ Neurology Unit, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland. gabrielle.divirgilio@hopitalrivierachablais.ch.
⁶ Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. gabrielle.divirgilio@hopitalrivierachablais.ch.

Case Reports

Alexandros Zachariadis et al. J Neurol. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;267(12):3459-3461.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09997-9. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Alexandros Zachariadis¹, Anca Tulbu², Davide Strambo^{1

3}, Alexis Dumoulin⁴, Gabriella Di Virgilio^{5

6}

¹ Neurology Unit, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland.
² Internal Medicine Department, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland.
³ Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Department, Central Institute of the Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.
⁵ Neurology Unit, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland. gabrielle.divirgilio@hopitalrivierachablais.ch.
⁶ Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. gabrielle.divirgilio@hopitalrivierachablais.ch.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no disclosures.

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