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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2023

Case report: MRI-negative myelitis following COVID-19 with SEP abnormalities: a case series and literature review.

Kentaro Kawama, Rui Shimazaki, Yoko Sunami, Natsuki Miyakoshi, Shinsuke Tobisawa, Toshio Shimizu, Kazushi Takahashi

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kentaro KawamaDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Rui ShimazakiDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoko SunamiDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Natsuki MiyakoshiDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinsuke TobisawaDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshio ShimizuDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazushi TakahashiDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to have various, neurological manifestations. We herein report three patients with MRI-negative myelitis following COVID-19 with abnormal somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs). Decreased amplitude of the cortical potential and prolonged latency in the SEPs contributed to diagnosing myelitis in the present patients. The SEP findings improved as the neurological symptoms improved. Despite a delay in initiating immunosuppressive treatment after myelitis onset, all the patients improved clinically. In the light of recent progress in COVID-19 research, several hypotheses can be made to explain the pathophysiology underlying MRI-negative myelitis, including antibody-binding and microglial synapse elimination.

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COVID-19microgliaMRImyelitisSEPs

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PMID38020593
PMCPMC10643519
OpenAlexW4387779004

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