Myasthenic crisis following SARS-CoV-2 infection and delayed virus clearance in a patient treated with rituximab: clinical course and 6-month follow-up
J Neurol
.
2021 Aug;268(8):2700-2702.
doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10310-x.
Epub 2020 Nov 20.
Authors
Julia V Wanschitz
1
,
Manuela Kaml
2
,
Bettina Pfausler
2
,
Raimund Helbok
2
,
Sophie Wildner
3
,
Gerlig Widmann
4
,
Sabina Sahanic
3
,
Florian Deisenhammer
2
,
Wolfgang N Löscher
2
,
Markus Reindl
2
,
Judith Löffler-Ragg
3
,
Ronny Beer
2
Affiliations
1
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. julia.wanschitz@i-med.ac.at.
2
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
3
Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
4
Department of Radiology II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
PMID:
33216224
PMCID:
PMC7678580
DOI:
10.1007/s00415-020-10310-x
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Myasthenia Gravis* / complications
Myasthenia Gravis* / drug therapy
Rituximab / adverse effects
SARS-CoV-2
Substances
Rituximab