Neurological complications in patients after COVID-19
Gustavo Henrique Melo Sousa,
Raimunda Suely Batista Melo
Abstract:Introduction COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has an affinity mainly for alveolar epithelial cells and can affect other cells in the body, which justifies the impairment of the digestive, cardiovascular, and nervous systems. Neurons and glial cells are po-tentially affected by the virus, thus the nervous system becomes a target of the pathogen, causing damage or neurological changes. Objective To verify the neuro-logical complications in patients after COVID-19 and their association with cl… Show more
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