Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with Covid-19

N Engl J Med. 2021 Feb 4;384(5):481-483. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2033369. Epub 2020 Dec 30.

Authors

Myoung-Hwa Lee¹, Daniel P Perl², Govind Nair¹, Wenxue Li¹, Dragan Maric¹, Helen Murray¹, Stephen J Dodd¹, Alan P Koretsky¹, Jason A Watts³, Vivian Cheung³, Eliezer Masliah⁴, Iren Horkayne-Szakaly⁵, Robert Jones⁵, Michelle N Stram⁶, Joel Moncur⁵, Marco Hefti⁷, Rebecca D Folkerth⁶, Avindra Nath⁸

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD.
² Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
³ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
⁴ National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD.
⁵ Defense Health Agency, Silver Spring, MD.
⁶ Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY.
⁷ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
⁸ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD natha@ninds.nih.gov.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

Autopsy
Brain / blood supply*
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Microvessels / injuries*
Microvessels / pathology
Middle Aged
SARS-CoV-2

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