Is SARS-CoV-2 Infection a Risk for Potentiation of Epileptic Seizures in Children With Pre-existing Epilepsy?
Pediatr Neurol
.
2021 Mar:116:31.
doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.11.021.
Epub 2020 Dec 3.
Authors
Giacomo Brisca
1
,
Laura Siri
2
,
Camilla Olcese
3
,
Bernadette Marrè Brunenghi
3
,
Daniela Pirlo
4
,
Maria Margherita Mancardi
2
Affiliations
1
Sub-Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address:
[email protected]
.
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.
PMID:
33412458
PMCID:
PMC7710483
DOI:
10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.11.021
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Child
Encephalitis*
Epilepsy* / complications
Epilepsy* / epidemiology
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Seizures / etiology