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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2020

Epilepsy Care in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: Risk Factors for Seizure Worsening.

Giovanni Assenza, Jacopo Lanzone, Francesco Brigo, Antonietta Coppola, Giancarlo Di Gennaro, Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, Lorenzo Ricci, Andrea Romigi, Mario Tombini, Oriano Mecarelli

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
89citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. 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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  9. Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis and trend prediction of epilepsy disease burden in China, 1990-2021.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2026
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  13. The impact of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic on educational and professional growth of young Italian epileptologists: a survey of the Young Epilepsy Section-Italian chapter.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  18. Epilepsy in Asian countries.Acta epileptologica · 2023
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29 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Giovanni AssenzaUnit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Jacopo LanzoneUnit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Francesco BrigoDivision of Neurology, "Franz Tappeiner" Hospital, Merano, Italy.
Antonietta CoppolaDepartment of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Giancarlo Di GennaroEpilepsy Surgery Center, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy.
Vincenzo Di LazzaroUnit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Lorenzo RicciUnit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Andrea RomigiSleep Medicine Center, IRCCS NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italy.
Mario TombiniUnit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Oriano MecarelliDepartment of Human Neurosciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Università Campus Bio-Medico · ITIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo · ITKrankenhaus Meran · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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PMID32719655
PMCPMC7350269
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