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. 2022 Sep 1;35(9):19-24.
doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000854524.40560.f3.

Post-COVID-19 neurologic syndrome: Another legacy of the pandemic

Joshua D Luciew  1 , Rodney A Erickson, Tara K Kaufman
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Post-COVID-19 neurologic syndrome: Another legacy of the pandemic

Joshua D Luciew et al. JAAPA. .

Abstract

COVID-19 quickly escalated to a global pandemic in 2020. As research on the topic continues, the medical community has found that this acute illness can cause a new chronic illness: postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). Some patients with PASC develop predominately neurologic sequelae (post-COVID-19 neurologic syndrome or PCNS). This article describes PASC and PCNS, their proposed pathogenicity and possible neurovirulence mechanisms, symptoms, and treatment recommendations.

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