Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of neurologic sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)

Esther Melamed; Leslie Rydberg; Anne Felicia Ambrose; Ratna Bhavaraju-Sanka; Jeffrey S. Fine; Talya K. Fleming; Eric Herman; Jamie L. Phipps Johnson; Jennifer Ryan Kucera; Michele Longo; William Niehaus; Christina V. Oleson; Sarah Sampsel; Julie K. Silver; Martha M. Smith; Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez

doi:10.1002/pmrj.12976

Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of neurologic sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)

Esther Melamed, Leslie Rydberg^*, Anne Felicia Ambrose, Ratna Bhavaraju-Sanka, Jeffrey S. Fine, Talya K. Fleming, Eric Herman, Jamie L. Phipps Johnson, Jennifer Ryan Kucera, Michele Longo, William Niehaus, Christina V. Oleson, Sarah Sampsel^*, Julie K. Silver, Martha M. Smith, Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez

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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	640-662
Number of pages	23
Journal	PM and R
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12976
State	Published - May 2023

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Clinical Neurology
Neurology
Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Melamed, E., Rydberg, L., Ambrose, A. F., Bhavaraju-Sanka, R., Fine, J. S., Fleming, T. K., Herman, E., Phipps Johnson, J. L., Kucera, J. R., Longo, M., Niehaus, W., Oleson, C. V., Sampsel, S., Silver, J. K., Smith, M. M., & Verduzco-Gutierrez, M. (2023). Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of neurologic sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). PM and R, 15(5), 640-662. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12976

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Melamed, E, Rydberg, L, Ambrose, AF, Bhavaraju-Sanka, R, Fine, JS, Fleming, TK, Herman, E, Phipps Johnson, JL, Kucera, JR, Longo, M, Niehaus, W, Oleson, CV, Sampsel, S, Silver, JK, Smith, MM & Verduzco-Gutierrez, M 2023, 'Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of neurologic sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)', PM and R, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 640-662. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12976

Multidisciplinary collaborative consensus guidance statement on the assessment and treatment of neurologic sequelae in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). / Melamed, Esther; Rydberg, Leslie; Ambrose, Anne Felicia et al.
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