Autoimmunity complicating SARS-CoV-2 infection in selective IgA-deficiency.

Pfeuffer S; Pawlowski M; Joos GS; Minnerup J; Meuth SG; Dziewas R; Wiendl H

Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 can result in severe disease and become critically challenging to hospitals via high demand for intensive care and mechanical ventilation. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its variants have been described as neurologic complications of COVID-19, and fatal cases were reported.1 The mechanisms by which COVID-19 predisposes to autoimmunity are unclear, and potential biomarkers or risk factors remain unknown.

Details about the publication

JournalNeurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation (Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm)
Volume7
Issue6
StatusPublished
Release year2020 (28/11/2020)
Language in which the publication is writtenEnglish
KeywordsAdult; Autoimmunity; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections; Female; Humans; IgA Deficiency; Pandemics; Plasma Exchange; Pneumonia, Viral; SARS-CoV-2

Authors from the University of Münster

Dziewas, Rainer
Joos, Gunther
Meuth, Sven
Minnerup, Jens
Pawlowski, Matthias
Wiendl, Heinz Siegfried