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Editorial
. 2021 Jul 28:11:31.
doi: 10.5334/tohm.644. eCollection 2021.

New-Onset Movement Disorders in COVID-19: Much Ado about Nothing?

Melissa J Nirenberg  1
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Editorial

New-Onset Movement Disorders in COVID-19: Much Ado about Nothing?

Melissa J Nirenberg. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). .

Abstract

This is an editorial commenting on the paper by Brandão and colleagues [Brandão PRP, Grippe TC, Pereira DA, Munhoz RP, Cardoso F. New-Onset Movement Disorders Associated with COVID-19. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 2021; 11(1): 26. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.595].

Keywords: COVID-19; ataxia; hyperkinetic; movement disorder; myoclonus; parkinsonism; tremor.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has no competing interests to declare.

Comment on

  • New-Onset Movement Disorders Associated with COVID-19.
    Brandão PRP, Grippe TC, Pereira DA, Munhoz RP, Cardoso F. Brandão PRP, et al. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2021 Jul 8;11:26. doi: 10.5334/tohm.595. eCollection 2021. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2021. PMID: 34277139 Free PMC article. Review.

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