id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-303787-dx1n8jap Vonck, Kristl Neurological manifestations and neuro‐invasive mechanisms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 2020-05-16 .txt text/plain 3806 208 42 RESULTS: Neurological manifestations potentially related to COVID‐19 have been reported in large studies, case series and case reports and include acute cerebrovascular diseases, impaired consciousness, cranial nerve manifestations and auto‐immune disorders such as Guillain‐Barré Syndrome often present in patients with more severe COVID‐19. Neurological symptoms were more common in patients with severe infection according to their respiratory status (45.5% vs 30.2% in non-severe cases) and fell into 3 categories: central nervous system (CNS) manifestations (dizziness, headache, impaired consciousness, acute cerebrovascular disease, ataxia, and seizure), cranial and peripheral nervous system manifestations (taste impairment, smell impairment, vision impairment, and neuropathy), and skeletal muscular injury manifestations. This is illustrated by a recent report of a COVID-19 patient with an acute necrotizing encephalopathy, a rare complication observed in infections with viruses including influenza, and related to a cytokine storm in the brain without direct viral invasion 26 . ./cache/cord-303787-dx1n8jap.txt ./txt/cord-303787-dx1n8jap.txt