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Neurological manifestations in COVID-19: A narrative review.

Asma Rahman, Roshan Niloofa, Ishan M De Zoysa, Akila D Cooray, Jayani Kariyawasam, Suranjith L Seneviratne

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Review in SAGE open medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Hematological Abnormalities in COVID-19: A Narrative Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Asma RahmanDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Roshan NiloofaDepartment of Zoology and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Ishan M De ZoysaDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Akila D CoorayDepartment of Zoology and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Jayani KariyawasamInstitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Suranjith L SeneviratneDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6548-5673
University of Colombo · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19, a respiratory viral infection, has affected more than 10 million individuals worldwide. Common symptoms include fever, dry cough, fatigue and shortness of breath. Some patients show neurological manifestations such as headache, dizziness, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral nerve and muscle symptoms and smell and taste impairment. In previous studies, SARS-CoV-1 and MERS-CoV were found to affect the nervous system. Given the high similarity between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, effects on the nervous system by SARS-CoV-2 are a possibility. We have outlined the common neurological manifestations in COVID-19 (information are up-to-date as of June 2020) and discussed the possible pathogenetic mechanisms and management options.

Indexed as

cerebrovascular diseaseCOVID-19Guillain-Barré syndromeneurological manifestationsSARS-CoV-2taste and smell impairments

Identifiers

PMID32974019
PMCPMC7491214
OpenAlexW3085087869

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Registered trials

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