Provisional case definitions for COVID-19-associated neurological disease - Authors' reply

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¹ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; The Walton Centre National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: tsolomon@liverpool.ac.uk.
² Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
³ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
⁴ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK.
⁵ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; The Walton Centre National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

Comment

Tom Solomon et al. Lancet Neurol. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;19(11):891-892.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30362-8.

¹ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; The Walton Centre National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: tsolomon@liverpool.ac.uk.
² Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
³ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
⁴ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK.
⁵ National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, UK; The Walton Centre National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

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Neurological associations of COVID-19.
Ellul MA, Benjamin L, Singh B, Lant S, Michael BD, Easton A, Kneen R, Defres S, Sejvar J, Solomon T. Ellul MA, et al. Lancet Neurol. 2020 Sep;19(9):767-783. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30221-0. Epub 2020 Jul 2. Lancet Neurol. 2020. PMID: 32622375 Free PMC article. Review.
Provisional case definitions for COVID-19-associated neurological disease.
Li HF, Hao HJ, Chen XJ. Li HF, et al. Lancet Neurol. 2020 Nov;19(11):890-891. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30373-2. Lancet Neurol. 2020. PMID: 33098793 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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