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ArticleJournal of medical virology2023

Neurological symptoms and neuronal damage markers in acute COVID-19: Is there a correlation? A pilot study.

Burc E Sahin, Asuman Celikbilek, Yusuf Kocak, Bilal Ilanbey, Gamze T Saltoglu, Naime M Konar, Lokman Hizmali

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Burc E SahinDepartment of Neurology, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-1008-2743
Asuman CelikbilekDepartment of Neurology, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-2367-1128
Yusuf KocakDepartment of Neurology, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-5519-1196
Bilal IlanbeyDepartment of Biochemistry, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7614-281X
Gamze T SaltogluDepartment of Biochemistry, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7847-2898
Naime M KonarDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-6593-7617
Lokman HizmaliDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kirsehir Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kirsehir, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-9548-3030
Ahi Evran University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A wide spectrum of neurological symptoms (NS) has been described in patients with COVID-19. We examined the plasma levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and neurofilament light chain (NFL) together, as neuronal damage markers, and their relationships with clinical severity in patients with NS at acute COVID-19. A total of 20 healthy controls and 59 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were enrolled in this pilot prospective study. Serum NSE and NFL levels were measured by using the enzyme-linked immunoassay method from serum samples. Serum NSE levels were found to be significantly higher in the severe group than in the nonsevere group (p = 0.034). However, serum NFL levels were similar between the control and disease groups (p > 0.05). For the mild group, serum NFL levels were significantly higher in patients with the sampling time ≥5 days than in those with the sampling time <5 days (p = 0.019). However, no significant results for NSE and NFL were obtained in patients with either single or multiple NS across the groups (p > 0.05). Increased serum NSE levels were associated with disease severity regardless of accompanied NS in patients with acute COVID-19 infection. However, serum NFL levels may have a role at the subacute phase of COVID-19.

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COVID-19BiomarkersHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesBiomarkersCOVID-19neurofilament light chainneurological symptomsneuronal damageneuron-specific enolase

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PMID36262025
PMCPMC9874781
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