In this letter to the editor, the Task Force on Gender and Diversity Issues in Neurology founded under the auspices of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) addresses various gender issues that are arising during the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues concern different aspects, spanning from gender disparities in the healthcare workforce to gender differences amongst patients suffering from COVID-19, risk factors, occurrence of neurological complications and (outcomes of) management. Due to the continuous flow of COVID-19 related papers this review cannot be comprehensive. We attempted to select the most relevant literature on this topic.
Author(s):
Marianne de Visser, Elena Moro, Wolfgang Grisold
References including authors (Vancouver referencing style):
- Grisold W, Moro E, Ferretti MT, Aamodt AH, Arabia G, Lebedeva ER, Carvalho V, Rakusa M, Vonck K, Aybeck S, Hassan Mansour A, Goudier R, Giovannoni G, Jaarsma J, Molnar MJ, Matczack M, Bassetti C, de Visser M; EAN Gender, Diversity Issues Task Force. Gender issues during the times of COVID‑19 pandemic. Eur J Neurol. 2021 Oct;28(10):e73–e77. doi:10.1111/ene.14815. Epub 2021 Jun 25