Post-COVID 19 Neurological Syndrome (PCNS); a novel syndrome with challenges for the global neurology community

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¹ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Neurology, Western Health & University Melbourne, AIMSS, Level Three, WHCRE, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans 3021, Australia; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rajarata, Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Electronic address: tissa.wijeratne@wh.org.au.
² School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Neurology, Western Health & University Melbourne, AIMSS, Level Three, WHCRE, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans 3021, Australia.

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Tissa Wijeratne et al. J Neurol Sci. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 15:419:117179.

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117179. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

¹ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Neurology, Western Health & University Melbourne, AIMSS, Level Three, WHCRE, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans 3021, Australia; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rajarata, Saliyapura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Electronic address: tissa.wijeratne@wh.org.au.
² School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Neurology, Western Health & University Melbourne, AIMSS, Level Three, WHCRE, Sunshine Hospital, St Albans 3021, Australia.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Cytokines; Inflammation; PCNS; Post Covid19 neurology syndrome.

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