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. 2020 Jun 24;12(6):e8790. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8790

Table 1. Summary of reported cases of central nervous system (CNS) complications of COVID-19.

  Mao et al. [6] Helms et al. [7] Yin et al. [22] Giacomelli et al. [19] Bagheri et al. [20] Yan et al. [25]
Study design Retrospective Prospective Retrospective Cross-sectional Cross-sectional Cross-sectional
Number of patients 214 58 106 59 10069 59
Mean age (years) 52.7 63 72 60 32.5 45
Headache 13.1% - 7.5% 3.4% - 66.1%
Dizziness 18.8% - 8.5% - -  
Impaired consciousness 14.8% - 16% - -  
Hyposmia 5.1% - - 5.1% 76.2% (sudden) 60.9% (progressive) 68%
Hypogeusia 5.6% - - 10.2%   71%
Both hyposmia and hypogeusia - - - 18.6% 83.3%  
Skeletal muscle injury/myalgia 19.3% - 24.5% - - 63%
Agitation - 69% - - - -
Confusion - 65% - - - -
Corticospinal tract sign - 67% - - - -