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SynthesisEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Miller Fisher syndrome associated with COVID-19: an up-to-date systematic review.

Zheng Li, Xingye Li, Jianxiong Shen, Matthew T V Chan, William Ka Kei Wu

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Synthesis in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Neuro-Ophthalmic Complications of COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination.Advances in ophthalmology and optometry · 2023
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  7. Movement Disorders and SARS-CoV-2.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023
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  14. Miller Fisher syndrome associated with COVID 19.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022
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  15. Miller Fisher syndrome following Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022
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  17. [Clinical cases of Guillain-Barré and Miller-Fisher syndromes linked to COVID-19].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2022
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  18. Post COVID-19 Vaccination-Associated Neurological Complications.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2022
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  19. Neurological problems in the context of COVID-19 infection in Egypt. A multicenter retrospective analysis.Interdisciplinary neurosurgery : Advanced techniques and case management · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zheng LiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100042, China.
Xingye LiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical College of Peking University, Jishuitan Orthopaedic College of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jianxiong ShenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100042, China. sjxpumch@163.com.
Matthew T V ChanDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
William Ka Kei WuDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently, during the pandemic infection of the novel SARS-CoV-2, some cases of Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) have been reported. We want to summarize the main features of patients with MFS and COVID-19. A PubMed search was performed on 8 October to identify references reporting cases with MFS associated with COVID-19 from the first report of COVID-19 to 8 October 2020 using the following keywords: "Miller Fisher syndrome" AND "COVID-19" OR "SARS-CoV-2". A systematic review from the first report of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to 8 October 2020 revealed 7 cases with Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) associated with COVID-19. The 7 cases came from 5 countries but most of these patients were from Europe (85.7%), especially Spain. There are 5 cases of MFS diagnosed after the laboratory confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The mean onset time of MFS-associated neurological symptoms was 14.75 days after the diagnosis of COVID-19. However, the two remaining cases presented initially with MFS-associated neurological symptoms followed by the diagnosis of COVID-19. The most common symptoms of COVID-19-associated MFS were perioral paresthesias (57.1%), ataxia (57.1%), blurred vision (42.9), ophthalmoplegia (42.9), and generalized areflexia (42.9). However, more cohort and case-control studies are required to establish the epidemiological linkage.

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COVID-19Miller Fisher SyndromeEuropeHumansSARS-CoV-2SpainCOVID-19MFSMiller Fisher syndromeSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33677662
PMCPMC7936860
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