Neurologic manifestations in an infant with COVID-19

Rachelle Dugue1, Karla C Cay-Martínez2, Kiran T Thakur2

  • 1From the Department of Neurology (R.D., K.C.C.-M., K.T.T., D.K.M., J.M.B.), Columbia University Irving Medical Center; Center for Infection and Immunity (J.A.G., L.V.C., S.H.W., T.B., K.J., W.I.L., N.M.), Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Department of Epidemiology (W.I.L., N.M.), Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease (M.F.), Columbia University Irving Medical Center; and New York Presbyterian Hospital (R.D., K.C.C.-M., K.T.T., M.F., D.K.M., J.M.B.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. rd2313@cumc.columbia.edu.

Neurology
|April 25, 2020
PubMed
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