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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2021

Neurological Involvements of SARS-CoV2 Infection.

Amin Gasmi, Torsak Tippairote, Pavan Kumar Mujawdiya, Asma Gasmi Benahmed, Alain Menzel, Maryam Dadar, Geir Bjørklund

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Amin GasmiSociété Francophone de Nutrithérapie et de Nutrigénétique Appliquée, Villeurbanne, France.
Torsak TippairoteThailand Institute for Functional Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pavan Kumar MujawdiyaBirla Institute of Technology and Science -Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
Asma Gasmi BenahmedAcadémie Internationale de Médecine Dentaire Intégrative, Paris, France.
Alain MenzelLaboratoires Réunis, Junglinster, Luxembourg.
Maryam DadarAgricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran.
Geir BjørklundCouncil for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), Toften 24, 8610, Mo i Rana, Norway. bjorklund@conem.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-3935
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani · INHealing Foundation · AURazi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute · IRSociété Francophone d’Arthroscopie · FRThe Research Council of Norway · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is a pandemic viral infection caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV2, which is a global concern of the twenty-first century for its rapid spreading in a short period. Apart from its known acute respiratory involvements, the CNS manifestations of COVID-19 are common. These neurological symptoms are diverse and could range from mild nonspecific or specific symptoms such as the loss of various sensory perceptions, the worrying autoimmune Guillain-Barré syndrome, to the life-threatening acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and the CNS-mediated respiratory distress. An autopsy report documented the presence of SARS-CoV2 in brain tissues of a COVID-19 patient. However, there is no definite conclusion on the mechanisms of SARS-CoV2 neuroinvasion. These proposed mechanisms include the direct viral invasion, the systemic blood circulation, or the distribution of infected immune cells. Concerning these different neuropathophysiologies, COVID-19 patients who are presenting with either the early-onset, multiple, and severe CNS symptoms or rapid respiratory deterioration should be suspected for the direct viral neuroinvasion, and appropriate management options should be considered. This article reviews the neurological manifestations, the proposed neuroinvasive mechanisms, and the potential neurological sequelae of SARS-CoV2.

Indexed as

PandemicsAnimalsBrainBrain IschemiaCOVID-19DeliriumEncephalitis, ViralEthmoid BoneGuillain-Barre SyndromeHumansMiceMice, TransgenicModels, NeurologicalNervous System DiseasesOlfactory BulbOrgan SpecificityReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateAngiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptorCOVID-19NeuroinvasionSARS-CoV2Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Identifiers

PMID33064267
PMCPMC7562688
OpenAlexW3093186330

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