Isolated bulbar palsy after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
² Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.alfonsi@mondino.it.
³ Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Rehabilitation Unit, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Romano di Lombardia, Italy.
⁷ Neuroimmunology Laboratory, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁸ Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Comment

Massimiliano Todisco et al. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;20(3):169-170.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00025-9.

¹ Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
² Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.alfonsi@mondino.it.
³ Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy; Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Rehabilitation Unit, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Romano di Lombardia, Italy.
⁷ Neuroimmunology Laboratory, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
⁸ Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Neurorehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

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