Encephalopathy and bilateral thalamic lesions in a child with MIS-C associated with COVID-19
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- Received June 16, 2020
- Accepted in final form August 3, 2020
- First Published August 26, 2020.
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Author Disclosures
- Dori Abel, MD,
- Min Ye Shen, MD,
- Zaynah Abid, MD, MPH,
- Claire Hennigan, MD,
- Alexis Boneparth, MD,
- Emily Happy Miller, MD, PhD,
- Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD,
- Danielle K. McBrian, MD,
- Kiran Thakur, MD,
- Wendy Silver, MD, MA and
- Jennifer M. Bain, MD, PhD
- Dori Abel, MD,
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- Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, MD, PhD,
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- From the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (D.A., C.H., Z.A., A.B.), Department of Pediatrics, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Columbia University Irving Medical Center (M.Y.S.), Department of Neurology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Columbia University Irving Medical Center (E.H.M., A.-C.U.), Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Columbia University Irving Medical Center (D.K.M., W.S., J.M.B.), Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; and Columbia University Irving Medical Center (K.T.), Department of Neurology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Dr. Abel dna9003{at}nyp.org
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- Author response: Encephalopathy and bilateral thalamic lesions in a child with MIS-C associated with COVID-19
- Dori N. Abel, Pediatric Resident Physician, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Submitted November 04, 2020 - Reader response: Encephalopathy and bilateral thalamic lesions in a child with MIS-C associated with COVID-19
- Calixto Machado, Senior Professor and Researcher in Neurology, Corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (Havana, Cuba)
Submitted October 27, 2020
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