COVID-19 vaccine-induced encephalitis and status epilepticus

H-T Fan¹, Y-Y Lin^{2

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4}, W-F Chiang^{5

6}, C-Y Lin¹, M-H Chen⁷, K-A Wu^{1

8}, J-S Chan^{5

6}, Y-H Kao², H-Y Shyu⁷, P-J Hsiao^{2

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6}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
² Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
⁷ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁸ Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

H-T Fan et al. QJM. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 21;115(2):91-93.

doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab335.

H-T Fan¹, Y-Y Lin^{2

3

4}, W-F Chiang^{5

6}, C-Y Lin¹, M-H Chen⁷, K-A Wu^{1

8}, J-S Chan^{5

6}, Y-H Kao², H-Y Shyu⁷, P-J Hsiao^{2

5

6}

¹ From the Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
² Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
⁵ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
⁷ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁸ Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan No.168, Zhongxing Road, Longtan District, Taoyuan City 325, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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