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Comment
. 2020 Dec;27(12):e88-e90.
doi: 10.1111/ene.14474. Epub 2020 Sep 14.

Movement disorders as a new neurological clinical picture in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

P Cuhna  1 , B Herlin  1 , K Vassilev  1 , A Kas  2   3   4 , S Lehericy  3   4   5 , Y Worbe  3   6 , E Apartis  3   4   6 , M Vidailhet  3   4   7 , S Dupont  1   3   4   8
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Movement disorders as a new neurological clinical picture in severe SARS-CoV-2 infection

P Cuhna et al. Eur J Neurol. 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 infection; movement disorders; neurological complications.

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The authors declare no financial or other conflicts of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Myoclonus electrophysiology (patients 2 and 4). REW, radial extensor of wrist; RFW, radial flexor of wrist; 1st MI, first interossal muscle; Acc, accelorometer; Trap, trapezius muscle. (a) Surface EMG of right superior member, patient 2: REW, myoclonic bursts of 40–44 ms with 36–44 ms of post‐myoclonic inhibition period (indicated with *); RFW, myoclonic bursts of 24 ms with 66 ms of post‐myoclonic inhibition period (indicated with *); 1st MI, myoclonic bursts of 36 ms with 86 ms of post‐myoclonic inhibition period (indicated with *). (b) Surface EMG of right superior member, patient 4: irregular myoclonic activity on the EMG of trapezius and REW with 70–94 ms of duration of myoclonic bursts. (c) Long loop C reflex with latency of 50 ms recorded from the thenar muscles of patient 4.
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  • Generalized myoclonus in COVID-19.
    Rábano-Suárez P, Bermejo-Guerrero L, Méndez-Guerrero A, Parra-Serrano J, Toledo-Alfocea D, Sánchez-Tejerina D, Santos-Fernández T, Folgueira-López MD, Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez J, Ayuso-García B, González de la Aleja J, Benito-León J. Rábano-Suárez P, et al. Neurology. 2020 Aug 11;95(6):e767-e772. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009829. Epub 2020 May 21. Neurology. 2020. PMID: 32439821 Free PMC article.

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