Is SARS-CoV-2 Infection a Risk for Potentiation of Epileptic Seizures in Children With Pre-existing Epilepsy?

Affiliations

¹ Sub-Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: giacomobrisca@gaslini.org.
² Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Clinical and Surgical Neurosciences Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ Sub-Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.

Comment

Giacomo Brisca et al. Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar:116:31.

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.11.021. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

¹ Sub-Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address: giacomobrisca@gaslini.org.
² Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, Clinical and Surgical Neurosciences Department, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ Sub-Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.

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Encephalitis Associated with COVID-19 Infection in an 11-Year-Old Child.
McAbee GN, Brosgol Y, Pavlakis S, Agha R, Gaffoor M. McAbee GN, et al. Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Aug;109:94. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.04.013. Epub 2020 Apr 24. Pediatr Neurol. 2020. PMID: 32586676 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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