Encephaloradiculoneuropathy: A Rare Manifestation of COVID-19 Infection
Rahul T Chakor, Prachi P Barvalia, Swaleha Nadaf, Varun Manjunath
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Chakor RT, Barvalia PP, Nadaf S, Manjunath V. Encephaloradiculoneuropathy: A Rare Manifestation of COVID-19 Infection. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26 (5):646-648.
Neurological complications are being recognized as important outcomes of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We report a rare case of both the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) involvement, encephalitis with polyradiculoneuropathy in a single patient of COVID infection.
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