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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Child Neurol
. 2020 Jul 13;883073820939387.
doi: 10.1177/0883073820939387. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19: A Review for the Pediatric Neurologist
Alison Christy[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Children are susceptible to infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In this time of uncertainty, this review attempts to compile information that may be helpful to pediatric neurologists. This review consolidates current data on the disease associated with SARS-CoV-2, called COVID-19, and information from past coronavirus epidemics, to discuss diseases of pediatric neurology including Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy); central demyelinating diseases like multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; infantile spasms; febrile seizures; and maternal-fetal transmission of virus.
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; infectious disease; pediatric.
. 2020 Jul 13;883073820939387.
doi: 10.1177/0883073820939387. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19: A Review for the Pediatric Neurologist
Alison Christy[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32660309
- DOI: 10.1177/0883073820939387
Abstract
Children are susceptible to infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In this time of uncertainty, this review attempts to compile information that may be helpful to pediatric neurologists. This review consolidates current data on the disease associated with SARS-CoV-2, called COVID-19, and information from past coronavirus epidemics, to discuss diseases of pediatric neurology including Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy); central demyelinating diseases like multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; infantile spasms; febrile seizures; and maternal-fetal transmission of virus.
Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; infectious disease; pediatric.