Immune-mediated neurological syndromes in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients.
Antoine GuilmotSofia Maldonado SlootjesAmina SellimiMaroussia BronchainBernard HanseeuwLeila BelkhirJean Cyr YombiJulien De GreefLucie PothenHalil YildizThierry DuprezCatherine FilléeAhalieyah AnantharajahAntoine CapesPhilippe HantsonPhilippe JacqueryeJean-Marc RaymackersFrederic LondonSouraya El SankariAdrian IvanoiuPietro MaggiVincent van PeschPublished in: Journal of neurology (2020)
In SARS-Cov-2 infected patients with neurological manifestations, CSF pleocytosis is associated with para- or post-infectious encephalitis and polyradiculitis. Anti-GD1b and anti-Caspr2 autoantibodies can be identified in certain cases, raising the question of SARS-CoV-2-induced secondary autoimmunity.