August 17, 2020

Cerebral Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-Based 3-Month Follow-up Study

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• A study of patients with COVID-19 (n=60) in Fuyang, China found that 68% had neurological symptoms during infection and 55% still had symptoms 3 months after infection. Brain imaging identified a variety of significantly different neurological characteristics between COVID-19 patients and non-COVID-19 volunteers (n=39) that could be relevant to long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2. 

Lu et al. (Aug 3, 2020). Cerebral Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-Based 3-Month Follow-up Study. EClinicalMedicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100484