Neurological symptoms ‘common’ in COVID-19

In contrast with SARS, some patients have neurological symptoms early in the disease course, authors say
Reuters Health Staff writer
Patient with coronavirus in hospital bed being wheeled by healthworkers wearing PPE

More than one-third of patients with COVID-19 may have neurological manifestations, and these are more common in severe disease, according to a Chinese study.

Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and colleagues reviewed the medical records of 214 consecutive patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 admitted to three special care centres in Wuhan between 16 January and 19 February.