Epilepsy and COVID-19: Associations and important considerations

Affiliations

Naoto Kuroda. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul:108:107122.

doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107122. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. Electronic address: naoto.kuroda@wayne.edu.

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Declaration of competing interest None.

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