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Comparison of Saliva and Nasopharyngeal Swab Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Cerebral venous thrombosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe COVID-19 in Older Adults

Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Interim Results of a Phase 1–2a Trial of Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 Vaccine

Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination

Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection

The cerebral network of COVID-19-related encephalopathy: a longitudinal voxel-based 18F-FDG-PET study

Neutralizing antibody titres in SARS-CoV-2 infections

Changes of perceptions and behaviours during the phases of COVID-19 pandemic in German elderly people with neurological disorders: an observational study using telephone interviews

Mask-wearing and control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a cross-sectional study

Convalescent Plasma Antibody Levels and the Risk of Death from COVID-19

Circuits between infected macrophages and T cells in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. Incidence and risk factors: a Mediterranean cohort study

Central and peripheral nervous system complications of COVID-19: a prospective tertiary center cohort with 3-month follow-up

Sleep apnoea is a risk factor for severe COVID-19

Headache during SARS-CoV-2 infection as an early symptom associated with a more benign course of disease: a case-control study

Stroke management during the COVID-19 outbreak: challenges and results of a hub-center in Lombardy, Italy

Stroke acute management and outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak: A cohort study from the Madrid stroke network

Characterisation of the first 250 000 hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Brazil: a retrospective analysis of nationwide data

Prevalence and risk factors for delirium in critically ill patients with COVID-19 (COVID-D): a multicentre cohort study

The perceived impact of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on young people with epilepsy in the UK: Young people and caregiver survey

Parkinson patients' needs during COVID-19 pandemic in a red zone: a framework analysis of open-ended survey questions

COVID-19 in teriflunomide-treated patients with multiple sclerosis: A case report and literature review

Neurological features and outcome in COVID-19: dementia can predict severe disease

Clinical, cerebrospinal fluid, and neuroimaging findings in COVID-19 encephalopathy: a case series

Genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2—what do they mean?

Neurological infection with SARS-CoV-2 - the story so far

The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID‐19: The need for a prospective study of viral impact on brain functioning

A plea for equitable global access to COVID‐19 diagnostics, vaccination and therapy: the NeuroCOVID‐19 task Force of the european Academy of neurology

SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing for estimating COVID-19 prevalence in the population

Understanding the implications of SARS-CoV-2 re-infections on immune response milieu, laboratory tests and control measures against COVID-19

Adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for advancing computational drug repurposing strategies

Effects of life events and social isolation on stroke and coronary heart disease

COVID-19: Neuroimaging features of a pandemic

MDA5 governs the innate immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in lung epithelial cells

Structure-guided multivalent nanobodies block SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress mutational escape

Immunological characteristics govern the transition of COVID-19 to endemicity

ApoE-Isoform-Dependent SARS-CoV-2 Neurotropism and Cellular Response

Sleep disordered breathing diagnosis and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide survey in China

Open Schools, COVID-19, and Child and Teacher Morbidity in Sweden

6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital: a cohort study

Incidence and Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Schools

Medium-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on multiple vital organs, exercise capacity, cognition, quality of life and mental health, post-hospital discharge

Development and validation of a risk score using complete blood count to predict in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 Patients

Circuits between infected macrophages and T cells in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

EXPRESS: Stroke in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine vs Placebo for Pre-exposure SARS-CoV-2 Prophylaxis Among Health Care Workers A Randomized Clinical Trial

Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Final Report

Effect of Tocilizumab vs Standard Care on Clinical Worsening in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia A Randomized Clinical Trial

Effect of Tocilizumab vs Usual Care in Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 and Moderate or Severe Pneumonia A Randomized Clinical Trial

Lopinavir–ritonavir in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial

Convalescent plasma in the management of moderate covid-19 in adults in India: open label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial (PLACID Trial)

Association Between Early Treatment With Tocilizumab and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Ischemic Stroke Occurs Less Frequently in Patients With COVID-19 A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

Postmortem Neuropathology in COVID-19

Outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in patients with neuromyelitis optica and associated disorders

Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak After Nasal Swab Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019

Genomic evidence for reinfection with SARS-CoV-2: a case study

Prevalence, management, and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infections in older people and those with dementia in mental health wards in London, UK: a retrospective observational study

Neuropathology of patients with COVID-19 in Germany: a post-mortem case series

COVID-19 impact on consecutive neurological patients admitted to the emergency department

CSF biomarkers in patients with COVID-19 and neurological symptoms A case series

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with SARS-CoV-2; a multinational case series

Death Rate Due to COVID-19 in Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia

Severe COVID-19-related encephalitis can respond to immunotherapy

New onset of ocular myasthenia gravis in a patient with COVID-19: a novel case report and literature review

Neuro-oncology Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic With a Focus on WHO Grade III and IV Gliomas

Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias amid the COVID-19 pandemic, now and in the future

Virology, transmission, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2

Considerations for diagnostic COVID-19 tests

Neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2 and its neuropathological alterations: Similarities with other coronaviruses

Immunology of COVID-19 and disease-modifying therapies: the good, the bad and the unknown

The cognitive consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic: collateral damage?

COVID-19 Associated Ischemic Stroke and Hemorrhagic Stroke: Incidence, Potential Pathological Mechanism, and Management

Disease burden and clinical severity of the first pandemic wave of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

The temporal association of introducing and lifting non-pharmaceutical interventions with the time-varying reproduction number (R) of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study across 131 countries

Ultrasound neuromodulation therapy meets clinical practice

Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 A Meta-analysis

Stroke risk, phenotypes, and death in COVID-19: Systematic review and newly reported cases

Electroencephalographic findings in COVID-19 patients: A systematic review

Suppression of a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the Italian municipality of Vo'

Humoral Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland

Risk Factors for Hospitalization, Mechanical Ventilation, or Death Among 10 131 US Veterans With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Inborn errors of type I IFN immunity in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

Auto-antibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19

Loss of smell in COVID-19 patients: MRI data reveals a transient edema of the olfactory clefts

Increased risk of acute stroke among patients with severe COVID‐19: a multicenter study and meta‐analysis

Multiple sclerosis and COVID‐19: how many are at risk?

COVID-19 case fatality and Parkinson’s disease

Evaluating the perspective of patients with MS and related conditions on their DMT in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in one MS centre in Australia

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with Parkinson's disease

Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong

Anti–SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the CSF, blood-brain barrier dysfunction, and neurological outcome studies in 8 stuporous and comatose patients

Thrombolysis and bridging therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke and Covid‐19

Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with COVID‐19

Clinical and neuroimaging correlation in patients with COVID-19

COVID-19 in Parkinson's disease: Report on prevalence and outcome

Neuro-ophthalmic manifestations of coronavirus disease 19

The spectrum of neuropathology in COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Role for S1P/S1P Receptor Signaling in the Nervous System?

The impact of COVID-19 on epilepsy care: a survey of the American Epilepsy Society membership

The emerging spectrum of COVID-19 neurology: clinical, radiological and laboratory findings

Persistent symptoms in patients after acute COVID-19

Neurobiology of COVID-19

Cerebrovascular disease in patients with COVID-19: neuroimaging, histological and clinical description

COVID-19 and decompressive hemicraniectomy for acute ischemic stroke

Microvascular injury and hypoxic damage: emerging neuropathological signatures in COVID‐19

Characteristics and outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and acute ischaemic stroke. The global COVID-19 stroke registry

Acute hypokinetic-rigid syndrome following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Pathophysiology, transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) a review

Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on ischemic stroke admissions and in-hospital mortality in north-west Spain

Neurological aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic and neurology

Tocilizumab in patients with severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

New onset neurologic events in people with COVID-19 infection in three regions in China

Incidence and case fatality rate of COVID-19 in patients with active epilepsy

COVID-19 outcomes in MS: Observational study of early experience from NYU Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care Center

Neurologic and neuroimaging findings in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective multicenter study

Patterns of smell recovery in 751 patients affected by the COVID‐19 outbreak

Assessment of neurological manifestations in hospitalized patients with COVID‐19

Impaired type I interferon activity and inflammatory responses in severe COVID-19 patients

Neurological associations of COVID-19

Histopathology and ultrastructural findings of fatal COVID-19 infections in Washington state: a case series

Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vs patients with influenza

Effect of colchicine vs standard care on cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers and clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 – the GRECCO-19 randomized clinical trial

Neurologic and radiographic findings associated with COVID-19 infection in children

Factors associated with death in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in the US

Risk factors associated with mortality among patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units in Lombardy, Italy

An mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — preliminary report

Dexamethasone in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 — Preliminary Report

A systematic review of neurological manifestations of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: the devil is hidden in the details

Neuropathological features of Covid-19

Acute stroke in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: a multicenter study

Neurologic manifestations in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: The ALBACOVID registry

Risk of COVID-19 infection in MS and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Guillain‐Barré syndrome in a patient with antibodies against SARS‐COV‐2

Merits and culprits of immunotherapies for neurological diseases in times of COVID-19

Pulmonary post-mortem findings in a series of COVID-19 cases from northern Italy: a two-centre descriptive study

Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vectored COVID-19 vaccine: a dose-escalation, open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human trial

Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Natural history of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke amid the COVID-19 outbreak: decreased activity, and increased care delays

Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

Steroid-responsive encephalitis in Covid-19 disease

Genetic epilepsies and COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from the caregiver perspective

Imaging in neurological disease of hospitalised COVID-19 patients: an Italian multicentre retrospective observational study

Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric presentations associated with severe coronavirus infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis with comparison to the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of inpatients with neurologic disease and COVID-19 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy

Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19

Haemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome as a manifestation of COVID-19 infection

Pearls & Oysters: facial nerve palsy as a neurological manifestation of Covid-19 infection

Neurological manifestations and neuro‐invasive mechanisms of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2

Generalised myoclonus in COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis


Remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19 — preliminary report

COVID-19 presenting with ophthalmoparesis from cranial nerve palsy

Brain MRI Findings in Patients in the Intensive Care Unit with COVID-19 Infection

Lessons of the month 1: A case of rhombencephalitis as a rare complication of acute COVID-19 infection

Dealing with immune-mediated neuropathies during COVID-19 outbreak: practical recommendations from the task force of the Italian Society of Neurology (SIN), the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (SINC) and the Italian Peripheral Nervous System Association (ASNP)

Guidance for the care of neuromuscular patients during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak from the French Rare Health Care for Neuromuscular Diseases Network

Neuro-oncology Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic With a Focus on WHO Grade III and IV Gliomas

Recommendations for Deep Brain Stimulation Device Management During a Pandemic

COVID-19: An Early Review of Its Global Impact and Considerations for Parkinson’s Disease Patient Care

An Italian programme for COVID-19 infection in multiple sclerosis

COVID-19 occurring during Natalizumab treatment: a case report in a patient with extended interval dosing approach

COVID-19 infection in a patient with multiple sclerosis treated with fingolimod

Association of Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine or Azithromycin With In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With COVID-19 in New York State

Triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir–ritonavir, and ribavirin in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial

Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

Immune mechanisms of pulmonary intravascular coagulopathy in COVID-19 pneumonia

Autopsy Findings and Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With COVID-19: A Prospective Cohort Study

Interpreting Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2

Scoping review of prevalence of neurologic comorbidities in patients hospitalized for COVID-19
 

Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection
 

The need for neurologists in the care of COVID‐19 patients
 

Of mice and men: COVID‐19 challenges translational neuroscience
 

Does SARS‐Cov‐2 invade the brain? Translational lessons from animal models
 

Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial.
 

Effect of High vs Low Doses of Chloroquine Diphosphate as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
 

Parkinson’s disease and COVID-19: Perceptions and implications in patients and caregivers
 

Outcome of Parkinson’s Disease patients affected by COVID-19
 

Acute stroke management pathway during Coronavirus-19 pandemic
 

Endovascular Therapy for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposed Algorithm
 

Characteristics of ischaemic stroke associated with COVID-19
 

Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young

European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) recommendations for optimal interventional neurovascular management in the covid-19 era

Endothelial cell infection and endotheliitis in COVID-19

New-onset acute symptomatic seizure and risk factors in Corona Virus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Multicenter Study

Miller Fisher Syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis in COVID-19

COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-up

Guillain–Barré Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2

Neurologic Features in Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Pharmacologic Treatments for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) A Review

Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19

Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions as a clinical presentation of mild‐to‐moderate forms of the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19): a multicenter European study

Guidance for the management of myasthenia gravis (MG) and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) during the COVID-19 pandemic

Headaches Associated with Personal Protective Equipment – A Cross-sectional Study Amongst Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 (HAPPE Study)

Consensus for prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for neurologists

Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence?

Neurologic Manifestations of Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Wuhan, China

Evidence of the COVID-19 Virus Targeting the CNS: Tissue Distribution, Host−Virus Interaction, and Proposed Neurotropic Mechanisms

A first Case of Meningitis/Encephalitis associated with SARS-Coronavirus-2

COVID-19–associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: CT and MRI Features

Recently released guidance on stroke management during the current COVID-19 pandemic emphasises carefully managed triage, importance of appropriate personal protective equipment, and crisis resource management.

Click on the links below to access the guidance material:

AHA temporary emergency guidance about acute stroke management in COVID pandemic

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