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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Rediscovering parainfectious encephalopathy in the post-COVID-19 era.

Lin Bai, Chang Geng, Hongzhi Guan

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Lin BaiDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chang GengDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Hongzhi GuanDepartment of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled the pivotal role of systemic inflammatory responses in neurological complications, particularly parainfectious encephalopathy. Accumulating evidence has established innate immune overreaction-distinct from direct viral neuro-invasion or autoantibody-mediated reaction-as the fundamental mechanism. The clinical manifestations of parainfectious encephalopathy are highly diverse, spanning from mild cases, such as mild encephalopathy with or without a reversible splenial lesion (MERS or ME), to catastrophic syndromes like acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) and febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome with or without a claustrum lesion (FIRES-C or FIRES). In this article, we summarize the phenotypes, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for parainfectious encephalopathy to enhance clinical recognition and understanding of this re-emerging disorder.

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Brain DiseasesCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2HumansautoinflammatoryCOVID-19cytokinesinnate immunityparainfectious encephalopathy

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PMID41080602
PMCPMC12507622

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