COVID-19 and stroke: Red flags for secondary movement disorders?

Daniella Balduino Victorino; Marcia Guimarães-Marques; Mariana Nejm; Fulvio Alexandre Scorza; Carla Alessandra Scorza

doi:10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100289

COVID-19 and stroke: Red flags for secondary movement disorders?

eNeurologicalSci. 2020 Dec:21:100289. doi: 10.1016/j.ensci.2020.100289. Epub 2020 Nov 10.

Authors

Daniella Balduino Victorino¹, Marcia Guimarães-Marques¹, Mariana Nejm¹, Fulvio Alexandre Scorza¹, Carla Alessandra Scorza¹

Affiliation

¹ Discipline of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo/Paulista Medical School, Pedro de Toledo 669, 1st floor, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Abstract

•Hypercoagulability may predispose COVID-19 patients to thromboembolic complications.•Movement disorders may develop as complications of vascular events and infections.•Health professionals should be vigilant for abnormal movements in COVID-19 patients.