Delayed encephalopathy after COVID-19: A case series of six patients.
Takayoshi AkimotoMakoto HaraKenta TasakiYusuke KurosawaTadaharu NakamotoSatoshi HiroseTomotaka MizoguchiYuki YokotaSatoko NinomiyaHideto NakajimaPublished in: Medicine (2022)
In our patients, DE after COVID-19 was characterized by symptoms of acute encephalopathy accompanied with tremor in the absence of worsening pneumonitis after the fourth week of COVID-19 onset. Our findings indicate blood-brain barrier dysfunction may contribute to the pathogenesis of DE after COVID-19.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- blood brain barrier
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- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- oxidative stress
- early onset
- intensive care unit
- clinical trial
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- brain injury
- double blind