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letter . 2020 Oct 16:awaa337. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa337
Severe COVID-19-related encephalitis can respond to immunotherapy
Albert Cao
a1,#, Benjamin Rohaut
a1,a2,a3,a4,✉,#, Loic Le Guennec
a1,a2, Samir Saheb
a1,a5, Clémence Marois
a1, Victor Altmayer
a1, Vincent T Carpentier
a1, Safaa Nemlaghi
a2,a6, Marie Soulie
a7, Quentin Morlon
a8, Bryan Berthet-Delteil
a9, Alexandre Bleibtreu
a10, Mathieu Raux
a2,a11, Nicolas Weiss
a1,a2,a12, Sophie Demeret
a1; CoCo-Neurosciences study group2
Albert Cao
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
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Benjamin Rohaut
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
a2
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
a3
Brain institute - ICM, Sorbonne Université, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR 7225, F-75013, Paris, France
a4Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Loic Le Guennec
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
a2
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Samir Saheb
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
a5
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Hemobiotherapy, Paris, France
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Clémence Marois
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
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Victor Altmayer
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
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Vincent T Carpentier
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
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Safaa Nemlaghi
a2
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
a6
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie, Médecine Intensive et Réanimation (Département R3S) and Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique, F-75005 Paris, France
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Marie Soulie
a7
AP-HP, Department of Critical Care, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP GHU-93, Bobigny, France
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Quentin Morlon
a8AP-HP, Department of Critical Care, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Université de Paris, Colombes, France
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Bryan Berthet-Delteil
a9Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France
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Alexandre Bleibtreu
a10
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Mathieu Raux
a2
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
a11
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AP-HP, Paris, France
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Nicolas Weiss
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
a2
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
a12
Sorbonne Université, Brain Liver Pitié-Salpêtrière Study group, INSERM UMR_S 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine and Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Paris, France
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Sophie Demeret
a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
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a1
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Neuro-ICU, Paris, France
a2
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
a3
Brain institute - ICM, Sorbonne Université, Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR 7225, F-75013, Paris, France
a4Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
a5
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Hemobiotherapy, Paris, France
a6
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Pneumologie, Médecine Intensive et Réanimation (Département R3S) and Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique, F-75005 Paris, France
a7
AP-HP, Department of Critical Care, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP GHU-93, Bobigny, France
a8AP-HP, Department of Critical Care, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP-HP, Université de Paris, Colombes, France
a9Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, Paris, France
a10
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, AP-HP, Paris, France
a11
AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire APHP-Sorbonne Université, site Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AP-HP, Paris, France
a12
Sorbonne Université, Brain Liver Pitié-Salpêtrière Study group, INSERM UMR_S 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine and Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition (ICAN), Paris, France
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Albert Cao, Benjamin Rohaut. These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Correspondence to: Dr Benjamin Rohaut MD, PhD, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département de Neurologie, Unité de Reanimation Neurologique, 47 Bd de l'Hôpital, PARIS 75013, E-mail: benjamin.rohaut@sorbonne.universite.fr
Received 2020 Jul 8; Accepted 2020 Sep 15.
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