New-Onset Movement Disorders in COVID-19: Much Ado about Nothing?

Melissa J. Nirenberg

doi:10.5334/tohm.644

Abstract

This is an editorial commenting on the paper by Brandão and colleagues [Brandão PRP, Grippe TC, Pereira DA, Munhoz RP, Cardoso F. New-Onset Movement Disorders Associated with COVID-19. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements. 2021; 11(1): 26. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.595]

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New-Onset Movement Disorders in COVID-19: Much Ado about Nothing?

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