Title:
First UK-wide study of brain complications in patients with COVID-19
Published:
University of Liverpool, 26 June 2020
https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/06/26/first-uk-wide-study-of-brain-complications-in-patients-with-covid-19/
From the article:
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have led the first nationwide surveillance study of the neurological complications of COVID-19.
A study of 153 patients treated in UK hospitals during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic describes a range of neurological and psychiatric complications that may be linked to the disease, including stroke and an altered mental state such as brain inflammation, psychosis and dementia-like symptoms.
Scholarly article:
Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study, The Lancet Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30287-X