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. 2020 Aug 7;417:117085. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2020.117085

Table 2.

Neurological Complications Reported During and After MERS-CoV Infection.

No. Neurological
Symptom
Ref. No. of patients Mean Age of the patients(Range) Notes
Symptoms related to CNS
1 Ischemic stroke [33] 2M 65.6(57–74)
2 Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) [34], [35] 2F 38(34–42) ICH in one of the patients was related to DIC and thrombocytopenia but the other patient had normal coagulation at the time of ICH.
3 Headache [32] 9 (12.9%) NR
4 Seizure [32] 6(8.6%) NR
5 Confusion [32] 18 (25.7) NR
6 Encephalitis [33] M 45 CSF: Not significant
7 Bickerstaff's encephalitis overlapping with GBS [36] M 55



Symptoms related to Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
8 Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) [34], [36] 4 patients
2M
2F
38.7(28–46)

Abbreviation: M: Male, F: Female