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Long COVID brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain
MRI scans of long COVID patients with brain fog suggest that the blood brain barrier may be leaky.
By Meghan Rosen
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MRI scans of long COVID patients with brain fog suggest that the blood brain barrier may be leaky.
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