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cord-314793-kb319t4c	Borroni, Barbara	Diaphragmatic myoclonus due to SARS-CoV-2 infection	2020-10-22		.txt	text/plain	1636	101	47	Neurological signs in patients with SARS-CoV-2 have been widely reported, suggesting a neuroinvasive nature of virus [2, 3] . With the present observation, we report two cases of diaphragmatic myoclonus as neurological subacute manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04766-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Electromyographic recording confirmed rhythmic and synchronous contractions of the diaphragm at 3-Hz frequency as the cause of her abdominal movements (see Fig. 1 ), thus making the diagnosis of diaphragmatic myoclonus or van Leeuwenhoek's disease [5] . Here, we draw attention to two patients who developed focal diaphragmatic myoclonus after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Indeed, three cases of generalized myoclonus due to SARS-CoV-2 infection have been recently reported [10] . With the present report of two cases, we confirm and extend the neurotropic properties of SARS-CoV-2 virus and point out to a further neurological clinical manifestation of the infection.	./cache/cord-314793-kb319t4c.txt	./txt/cord-314793-kb319t4c.txt