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Case Reports
. 2020 May 1:20:e00782.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00782. eCollection 2020.

COVID-19 Presenting with Seizures

Sandeep Sohal  1 , Mossammat Mansur  1
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Case Reports

COVID-19 Presenting with Seizures

Sandeep Sohal et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

This case report examines a male with no previous history of seizures initially admitting to the medical service later upgraded to ICU after respiratory failure developing multiple episodes of seizures. Laboratory values on admission, neurological investigations, as well as review of current literature on COVID-19 encephalitis is provided.

Keywords: COVID 19; Pandemic; SARS; SARS CoV-2; coronavirus; novel coronavirus.

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