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. 2020 Jun 2;92(11):2316–2318. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26000

Table 1.

CNS and PNS disease caused by SARS‐CoV2

CNS/PNS Abnormality Evidence level Reference
CNS Meningitis/encephalitis Case reports Mao et al, 1 Asadi‐Pooya and Simani, 2 and Duong et al 4
Ischemic stroke Case reports and RCS Mao et al, 1 Yang et al, 6 Li et al, 7 Avula et al 8
Seizures Case reports and RCS Mao et al, 1 Moriguchi et al, 3 and Lu et al 5
Headache Case reports and RCS Mao et al 1
Cerebral bleeding RCS Li et al 7
Sinus venous thrombosis RCS Li et al 7
Optic neuritis Murine and Felline model Seah et al 9
Reduced alertness RCS Mao et al, 1  Wang et al, 10 Chen et al, 11 and Yin et al 12
PNS Guillain‐Barre syndrome Case report Virani et al, 13 Sedaghat et al, 14 Toscano et al, 15 and Zhao et al 16
MFS Case report Gutiérrez‐Ortiz et al 17
Polyneuritis cranialis Case report Gutiérrez‐Ortiz et al 17
Hyposmia/hypogeusia Case reports and RCS Mao et al 1 and Gutiérrez‐Ortiz et al 7
Neuralgia RCS Mao et al 1
Myalgia Case report and RCS Mao et al 1 and Fiorino et al 18

Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; MFS, Miller‐Fisher syndrome; PNS, peripheral nervous system; RCS, retrospective cohort studies; SARS‐CoV2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2.