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COVID-19 and neuromuscular disorders
Amanda C. Guidon, Anthony A. Amato
First published April 13, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000009566
Amanda C. Guidon
From the Division of Neuromuscular Medicine, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.C.G.), and Division of Neuromuscular Medicine, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Woman's Hospital (A.A.A.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Anthony A. Amato
From the Division of Neuromuscular Medicine, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital (A.C.G.), and Division of Neuromuscular Medicine, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Woman's Hospital (A.A.A.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
COVID-19 and neuromuscular disorders
Amanda C. Guidon, Anthony A. Amato
Neurology Jun 2020, 94 (22) 959-969; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009566
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- Introduction
- Assessment of overall risk from COVID-19 in patients with NMD
- Risk of infection causing a new NMD
- Risk of COVID-19 infection exacerbating known or unmasking previously unrecognized NMDs
- Risks of immunosuppressant and immunomodulating therapies in patients with autoimmune NMDs
- COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and access in NMDs
- Management of patients with NMD who develop COVID-19
- Risks of treatments for COVID-19
- Risk of incident NMD with COVID-19 vaccine
- Changes in neuromuscular systems of care
- Rapid integration of telemedicine
- COVID-19's effect on neuromuscular training
- COVID-19's effect on neuromuscular research
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