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Table 1 Overview of neurologic manifestations in COVID-19 from identified reports

From: Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 – an approach to categories of pathology

1. Miscellaneous disorders:

1676

Movement disorders: ataxia, hyperkinetic, hypokinetic

62

Dysautonomia (orthostatic hypotension)

41

Agitation

40

Confusion

26

Anosmia

805

Ageusia

702

2. Metabolic/toxic CNS dysfunction

1106

 Encephalopathy

663

Altered level of consciousness

138

 Seizure

104

 Hypoxic ischaemic brain injury

67

Altered mental state

47

Diffuse corticospinal tract signs

39

 Psychosis

21

Dysexecutive syndrome

15

 Delirium

11

 Myelopathy

1

3. Cerebrovascular disease

451

 Acute ischaemic stroke

351

 Intracerebral haemorrhage

61

Sudden neurological symptoms with likely vascular cause

16

 Transient ischaemic attack

12

 Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

7

 Subarachnoid haemorrhage

3

 Cerebral vasculitis

1

4. Muscle inflammation/infection

378

Myalgia + signs of inflammation

251

CKaemia

73

 Rhabdomyolysis

54

5. Metabolic/toxic muscle dysfunction

253

Myalgia

160

Myopathy

47

Fatigue

46

6. Metabolic/toxic PNS dysfunction

74

 Neuropathy

50

 Critical Illness Neuropathy (ICU acquired weakness)

17

Flaccid paralysis

5

Peripheral motor and/or sensory deficit

2

7. PNS inflammation/infection

70

 Guillain-Barré syndrome + variants

65

 Miller-Fisher syndrome

2

 Cranial and peripheral neuropathy

1

 Brachial neuritis

1

 Radiculitis

1

8. CNS inflammation/infection

67

 Encephalitis

46

 Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

12

 Myelitis

4

 Meningitis 3

3

 Virus encephalitis

2

 TOTAL COUNTED CASES

4075

  1. Diagnoses are written in roman and symptoms are written in italics