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What are the characteristics of stroke in COVID-19?

Cerebrovascular disease in patients with COVID-19: neuroimaging, histological and clinical description. Hernández-Fernández F, Valencia HS, Barbella-Aponte RA, et al. Brain 2020 (Online ahead of print). Abstract Background: Since the appearance of the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic has emerged affecting millions of people worldwide. Although the main clinical manifestations are respiratory, […]

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