Letter to the Editor
"We read with interest the article by Assiri et al about a retrospective study of 18 patients experiencing neurological complications after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations. Eight patients experienced ischemic stroke, 3 venous sinus thrombosis (VST), with intracerebral hemorrhage in 2 of them, three seizures, two optic neuritis, and two Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). It was concluded that neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations are very rare and that neurological complications are due to hypercoagulability triggered by the inflammatory condition. The study is attractive but raises concerns that should be discussed...
We disagree with the statement 'neurological sequelae after COVID-19 vaccination are rare'. Statements about the frequency are not possible because the 18 patients were not compared with those of the same region who were also vaccinated but did not experience neurological side effects...
Neurological adverse reactions to SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations are not infrequent."
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