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Comment
. 2021 Sep;74(9):612-613.
doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-206967. Epub 2020 Sep 9.

Brain autopsies in fatal COVID-19 and postulated pathophysiology: more puzzling than a Rubik's cube

Sudhir Mehta  1 , Sudhir Bhandari  2 , Shaurya Mehta  3
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Brain autopsies in fatal COVID-19 and postulated pathophysiology: more puzzling than a Rubik's cube

Sudhir Mehta et al. J Clin Pathol. 2021 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: brain; forensic pathology; morphological and microscopic findings; virology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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