Systemic Inflammation Is Associated With Neurologic Involvement in Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Associated With SARS-CoV-2

Conclusions Broad neurologic features were found in 12% patients with PIMS-TS. By 3-month follow-up, half of these surviving children had recovered fully without neurologic impairment. Significantly higher systemic inflammatory markers were identified in children with neurologic involvement and in those who had not recovered fully.

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Source: Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation - April 13, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Sa, M., Mirza, L., Carter, M., Carlton Jones, L., Gowda, V., Handforth, J., Hedderly, T., Kenny, J., Lascelles, K., Lin, J.-P., Lumsden, D., McDougall, M., Miller, O., Rossor, T., Shivamurthy, V., Siddiqui, A., Singh, R., Tang, S., White, M., Byrne, S., L Tags: Childhood stroke, Encephalitis, Prognosis, All Neuropsychology/Behavior Article Source Type: research