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Thinning, Leaky Brain Blood Vessels Seen in COVID-19 – MedPage Today

High-resolution MRI shows injury and inflammation, but no direct viral attack

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Microvascular brain injury was seen in COVID-19 patients who died, but no evidence of a direct viral attack on the brain was detected, a pathology report showed.
Damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels consistently appeared on high-resolution MRI, but there were no signs of SARS-CoV-2 infection in tissue samples, reported Avindra Nath, MD, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and co-authors in a New England Journal of Medicine…

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