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Table 3 Reported neurological complications for mRNA-based vaccines

From: A review of neurological side effects of COVID-19 vaccination

Vaccine name

Complications

References

mRNA-based vaccine

 Pfizer

Headache

[73, 74]

First manifestation of multiple sclerosis

[75,76,77]

Transverse myelitis

[78, 79]

GBS

[55, 56, 80,81,82,83]

Bell’s palsy

[19, 23,24,25, 84,85,86]

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

[87]

Neuromyelitis optica

[21, 76]

Small fiber neuropathy

[64, 77]

Encephalopathy

[10]

Olfactory dysfunction and phantosmia

[66, 88]

Tinnitus and cochleopathy

[89]

abducens nerve palsy

[90]

Parsonage–Turner syndrome

[1]

Seizers

[10]

Herpes zoster

[91, 92]

Akathisia

[93]

Delirium

[1]

Intracerebral hemorrhage

[94]

Ischemic stroke

[10, 95]

Transient ischemic attack

[10]

 Moderna

Transverse myelitis

[15, 17, 96]

First manifestation of multiple sclerosis

[76, 94]

Bell’s palsy

[19, 97]

Encephalopathy

[98]

Small fiber neuropathy

[77]

Herpes zoster

[91, 99]

Epilepsy

[100, 101]

Intracerebral hemorrhage

[102]