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Review
. 2020 Nov:198:106116.
doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106116. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

COVID-19 and the central nervous system

Safwan O Alomari  1 , Zaki Abou-Mrad  1 , Ali Bydon  2
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COVID-19 and the central nervous system

Safwan O Alomari et al. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Awareness; COVID-19; Encephalopathy; Nervous system; Smoking.

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Mechanisms of neurological manifestations by SARS-CoV2, A) through ACE-2 receptors and B) through cytokine release syndrome.
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Indirect brain injury in COVID-19 patients.
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Smoking aggravates CNS manifestations of COVID-19.
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