Pediatric de novo movement disorders and ataxia in the context of SARS-CoV-2.
Nina-Maria WilpertAna Luisa de A MarcelinoEllen KnierimPasquale IncoronatoElisa Sanchez-SendinOlga StaudacherAnne DrenckhahnPetra BittigauJakob KreyeHarald PrüssMarkus SchuelkeAndrea A KühnAngela M KaindlMarc NikolausPublished in: Journal of neurology (2023)
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can trigger de novo MD in children. Most patients showed COVID-19-associated-ataxia and fewer-chorea. Our data suggest that patients benefit from immunosuppression, especially steroids. Despite treatment, one third of patients recovered only partially, which makes up an increasing cohort with neurological sequelae.