Your browser doesn't support javascript.
Facing acute neuromuscular diseases during COVID-19 pandemic: focus on Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Galassi, Giuliana; Marchioni, Alessandro.
  • Galassi G; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, Neurology Unit, Via P Giardini, 1350, 41126, Modena, Italy. giulianagalassi@alice.it.
  • Marchioni A; Respiratory Disease Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Via del Pozzo, 71, Modena, Italy.
Acta Neurol Belg ; 120(5): 1067-1075, 2020 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-663658
ABSTRACT
In December 2019, a cluster of cases with 2019 Novel Coronavirus pneumonia from Wuhan, China, aroused worldwide concern due to an escalating outbreak in all the countries in the world. Coronavirus belongs to a family of single-stranded RNA viruses, which includes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), that have caused human epidemics with high fatality. The spectrum of the novel coronavirus disease (SARS-Co-2 or COVID-19) ranges from asymptomatic infections to fatal pneumonia, and differs from other viral pulmonary infections. MERS-CoV is known to be potentially neuroinvasive. Extensive reports from China documented central and peripheral nervous system involvement in patients with COVID-19, and identified in angiotensin converting enzyme2 (ACE2), which is present in multiple human organs, the functional receptor for this virus. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has recently been associated to COVID-19 rising concern among physicians. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on GBS during or after COVID-19 infection, attempting to clarify the pathophysiology of the associated respiratory dysfunction and failure.
Subject(s)
Keywords

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Guillain-Barre Syndrome Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Acta Neurol Belg Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S13760-020-01421-3

Similar

MEDLINE

...
LILACS

LIS


Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Coronavirus Infections / Guillain-Barre Syndrome Topics: Long Covid Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Acta Neurol Belg Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S13760-020-01421-3