Selective visuoconstructional impairment following mild COVID-19 with inflammatory and neuroimaging correlation findings.

ABSTRACT: People recovered from COVID-19 may still present complications including respiratory and neurological sequelae. In other viral infections, cognitive impairment occurs due to brain damage or dysfunction caused by vascular lesions and inflammatory processes. Persistent cognitive impairment compromises daily activities and psychosocial adaptation. Some level of neurological and psychiatric consequences were expected and described in severe cases of COVID-19. However, it is debatable whether neuropsychiatric complications are related to COVID-19 or to unfoldings from a severe infection. Nevertheless, the majority of cases recorded worldwide were mild to moderate self-limited illness in non-hospitalized people. Thus, it is important to understand what are the implications of mild COVID-19, whic

SUBMITTER: de Paula JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9196149 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature