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Review
. 2021 Feb;17(2):65-66.
doi: 10.1038/s41582-020-00453-w.

Neurological infection with SARS-CoV-2 - the story so far

Tom Solomon  1   2
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Review

Neurological infection with SARS-CoV-2 - the story so far

Tom Solomon. Nat Rev Neurol. 2021 Feb.

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic developed and neurological manifestations were reported, concern grew that SARS-CoV-2 might directly invade neuronal cells. However, research throughout the year to address this concern has revealed a different story with inflammatory processes at its centre.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no competing interests

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Current understanding of predominant COVID-19 neurological disease mechanisms.
Mechanisms include a systemic inflammatory response (1), a prothrombotic state (2) and direct viral invasion (3).
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