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Review
. 2022 Aug 3;14(8):e27633.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.27633. eCollection 2022 Aug.

Neurological Complications of COVID-19: A Review of the Literature

Lucy Dale  1
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Review

Neurological Complications of COVID-19: A Review of the Literature

Lucy Dale. Cureus. .

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused the most unprecedented health crisis since the 1918 H1N1 pandemic. Whilst COVID-19 is traditionally considered to be a respiratory disease, it is important to understand that this virus has the potential to disseminate throughout the body causing multi-organ failure. Both peripheral and central neurological systems have been shown to be greatly affected. This review aims to look at the available literature published on COVID-19 and summarize the main neurological complications seen so far.

Keywords: brain and spine; coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19); intensive care unit stay; long covid; neuro-immunology; neuroinflammatory; neurological disease; public health care; spike protein and covid-19; stroke and covid-19.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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