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Acute-onset chorea and confusional state in 77-year-old COVID-19 patient: a case report
Affiliations- Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital in Krakow, Poland
- Department of Physiotherapy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
COVID-19, chorea, autoimmune encephalitis, involuntary movements
About this articleTitle
Acute-onset chorea and confusional state in 77-year-old COVID-19 patient: a case report
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Article type
Letter to the Editors
Pages
106-110
Published online
2022-01-05
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Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2022;56(1):106-110.
Keywords
COVID-19
chorea
autoimmune encephalitis
involuntary movements
Authors
Katarzyna Sawczyńska
Kamil Wężyk
Magdalena Bosak
Jeremiasz Jagiełła
Szymon Andrasik
Alicja Kępińska-Wnuk
Małgorzata Dec-Ćwiek
Agnieszka Słowik
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