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ReviewArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2023

COVID-19 in the nervous system: physiopathology and neurological manifestations.

Valder Cavalcante Maia Mendonça Filho, Amanda Gomes de Oliveira, Isabelle de Fátima Vieira Camelo Maia, Ananda Carolina Moraes de Falcone, Beatriz Gioppo Betini, Lucas Bruno Rezende, Fernando Henrique Magri Alves

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Review in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impacts of COVID-19 on pediatric patients with congenital heart disease: a small systematic and integrative literature review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025
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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valder Cavalcante Maia Mendonça FilhoUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina de Sobral, Sobral CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3204-5903
Amanda Gomes de OliveiraUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina de Sobral, Sobral CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4892-7724
Isabelle de Fátima Vieira Camelo MaiaUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7034-8761
Ananda Carolina Moraes de FalconeUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4279-9634
Beatriz Gioppo BetiniUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Departamento de Neurologia, Ribeirão Preto SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3714-6471
Lucas Bruno RezendeUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0595-2177
Fernando Henrique Magri AlvesUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8355-9499
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal do Ceará · BRHospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although respiratory manifestations have received greater visibility during the pandemic caused by this virus, numerous neurological complaints related to coronavirus 2 infection have been documented in several countries. These records suggest that this pathogen presents neurotropism, and it can cause different neurological conditions of varying intensity.

objectiveTo investigate the ability of coronavirus 2 to invade the central nervous system (CNS) and its neurological clinical outcomes.

methodsThe present study consists in a comprehensive literature review of the records available in the PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar databases. The descriptors

resultsWe selected 41 articles, most of them in English. The main clinical manifestation associated with COVID-19 patients was headache, but cases of anosmia, hyposmia, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and encephalopathies were also described with considerable frequency.

conclusionCoronavirus-2 presents neurotropism, and it can reach the CNS by hematogenous dissemination and by direct infection of the nerve endings. It causes brain injuries through several mechanisms, such as cytokine storm, microglial activation, and an increase in thrombotic factors.

Indexed as

COVID-19Nervous System DiseasesBrainCentral Nervous SystemHumansSARS-CoV-2

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PMID37402400
PMCPMC10468725
OpenAlexW4383092881

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