Abstract

Whilst respiratory failure in COVID-19 arises from severe interstitial lung involvement, SARS-CoV-2 likely spreads also through the nervous system in a prion-like way, possibly reaching respiratory centers in the brainstem. Here, we evaluated neuropathologically, neurophysiologically and clinically the brainstem involvement in COVID-19.

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