Cognitive changes in older survivors of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

What The Study Did: In this study of COVID-19 survivors age 60 and older who were discharged from COVID-19-designated hospitals in Wuhan, China, SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially severe infection, was associated with an increase in risk of cognitive decline.

Authors: Yan-Jiang Wang, M.D., Ph.D., of the Third Military Medical University in Chongqing, China, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0461)

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