A first presentation of multiple sclerosis with concurrent COVID-19 infection

Lisa Moore; Malik Ghannam; Georgios Manousakis

eNeurologicalSci (Mar 2021)

A first presentation of multiple sclerosis with concurrent COVID-19 infection

Lisa Moore,
Malik Ghannam,
Georgios Manousakis

Affiliations

Lisa Moore: Corresponding author.; Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Malik Ghannam: Correspondence to: Dr. Manousakis & Dr. Ghannam, University of Minnesota, 516 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.; Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Georgios Manousakis: Correspondence to: Dr. Manousakis & Dr. Ghannam, University of Minnesota, 516 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA.; Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22
p. 100299

Abstract

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Infection from SARS-CoV-2 virus has developed into a worldwide pandemic. Potential neurological complications include meningitis, encephalitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, seizures, and demyelinating disease. In this paper, we describe a case of newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis co-occurring with active COVID-19 infection.

Published in eNeurologicalSci

ISSN: 2405-6502 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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