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ArticleJournal of medical virology2020

First case of focal epilepsy associated with SARS-coronavirus-2.

Sara Elgamasy, Mohamed G Kamel, Sherief Ghozy, Adham Khalil, Mostafa E Morra, Sheikh M S Islam

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. COVID-19, de novo seizures, and epilepsy: a systematic review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021
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  7. Facial Nerve Palsy Amid the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Pooled Analysis.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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  18. Post-COVID 19 neurological syndrome: Implications for sequelae's treatment.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2021
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  20. The impact of COVID-19 in Dravet syndrome: A UK survey.Acta neurologica Scandinavica · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Sara ElgamasyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Klinikum Altmühlfranken Weißenburg, Bayern, Germany.
Mohamed G KamelFaculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9848-2965
Sherief GhozyFaculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5629-3023
Adham KhalilFaculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Mostafa E MorraFaculty of Medicine, AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4910-3321
Sheikh M S IslamSchool of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Al-Azhar University · EGDeakin University · AUMansoura University · EGMinia University · EGZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A healthy patient presented to Klinikum Altmühlfranken Weißenburg Hospital, Germany, with two morning attacks of painful muscle spasm in the left upper and lower limbs, without altered consciousness. Full examinations, radiological imaging, electroencephalography, lumbar puncture, and autoimmune profile were either normal or not consistent with patient's complaint. Subsequent epileptic episodes were observed on admission day and the following days; thus, the patient was diagnosed with focal epilepsy. The patient started to develop a fever and severe cough on day 4, and SARS-coronavirus-2 was confirmed through a nasopharyngeal swap. She received anticonvulsants and symptomatic treatments and completely recovered. This report emphasizes the potential nervous system involvement in severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 pathogenesis.

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PMID32484990
PMCPMC7300744
OpenAlexW3028696348

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