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. 2020 Nov;19(11):883-884.
doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30371-9. Epub 2020 Oct 5.

Catch me if you can: SARS-CoV-2 detection in brains of deceased patients with COVID-19

Stephan Frank  1
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Catch me if you can: SARS-CoV-2 detection in brains of deceased patients with COVID-19

Stephan Frank. Lancet Neurol. 2020 Nov.
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  • Neuropathology of patients with COVID-19 in Germany: a post-mortem case series.
    Matschke J, Lütgehetmann M, Hagel C, Sperhake JP, Schröder AS, Edler C, Mushumba H, Fitzek A, Allweiss L, Dandri M, Dottermusch M, Heinemann A, Pfefferle S, Schwabenland M, Sumner Magruder D, Bonn S, Prinz M, Gerloff C, Püschel K, Krasemann S, Aepfelbacher M, Glatzel M. Matschke J, et al. Lancet Neurol. 2020 Nov;19(11):919-929. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30308-2. Epub 2020 Oct 5. Lancet Neurol. 2020. PMID: 33031735 Free PMC article.

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