ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2022
Spectrum of neurological complications following COVID-19 vaccination.
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124 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 231 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meningitis after COVID-19 vaccination, a systematic review of case reports and case series.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Meningitis after COVID-19 vaccination, a systematic review of case reports and case series.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Neuromuscular diseases associated with COVID-19 vaccines: a systematic review and pooled analysis of 258 patients.BMC neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic review exploring the clinical features of optic neuritis after SARS-CoV infection and vaccination.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical characteristics and prognosis of temporary miller fisher syndrome following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review of case studies.BMC neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) following COVID-19 vaccines: A systematic review.Revue neurologique · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical characteristics, radiological features and prognostic factors of transverse myelitis following COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2022Pooled it
- The rationale for the treatment of long-Covid symptoms - A cardiologist's view.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Detection of S1 spike protein in CD16+ monocytes up to 245 days in SARS-CoV-2-negative post-COVID-19 vaccine syndrome (PCVS) individuals.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Article
- Unique Features and Collateral Immune Effects of mRNA-LNP COVID-19 Vaccines: Plausible Mechanisms of Adverse Events and Complications.Pharmaceutics · 2025Review
- Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students Regarding Vaccination and Vaccine Hesitancy in China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Neurological long COVID in the outpatient clinic: Is it so long?European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- COVID-19 vaccines and neurological disorders: A narrative review of immune responses and adverse reactions.AIMS neuroscience · 2025Review
- COVID-19 Vaccines: A Radiological Review of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2024Review
- Exploring the adverse events of Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccination on Guillain-Barré Syndrome.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 vaccines have brought us a ray of hope to effectively fight against deadly pandemic of COVID-19 and hope to save lives. Many vaccines have been granted emergency use authorizations by many countries. Post-authorization, a wide spectrum of neurological complications is continuously being reported following COVID-19 vaccination. Neurological adverse events following vaccination are generally mild and transient, like fever and chills, headache, fatigue, myalgia and arthralgia, or local injection site effects like swelling, redness, or pain. The most devastating neurological post-vaccination complication is cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. Cerebral venous sinus is frequently reported in females of childbearing age, generally following adenovector-based vaccination. Another major neurological complication of concern is Bell's palsy that was reported dominantly following mRNA vaccine administration. Acute transverse myelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, and acute demyelinating polyneuropathy are other unexpected neurological adverse events that occur as result of phenomenon of molecular mimicry. Reactivation of herpes zoster in many persons, following administration of mRNA vaccines, has been also recorded. Considering the enormity of recent COVID-19-vaccinated population, the number of serious neurological events is miniscule. Large collaborative prospective studies are needed to prove or disprove causal association between vaccine and neurological adverse events occurring vaccination.
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