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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2021

Case Report: A Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Teenager With Angelman Syndrome.

Alessandra G D Lopes, Camila S H Celestino, Tiago T A Barros, Aline G Fevereiro, Debora H Gejer, Fernando M F Oliveira, Jamile M Brasil, Rosely M Bossolan, Gabriela C C Pinto, Ana C E Z Santos and 14 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra G D LopesHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Camila S H CelestinoHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Tiago T A BarrosHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Aline G FevereiroHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Debora H GejerHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Fernando M F OliveiraHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jamile M BrasilHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rosely M BossolanHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Gabriela C C PintoHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ana C E Z SantosHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luis A DivanHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ingrid A B AlvesHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Danielle B L OliveiraDepartamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rafael R G MachadoDepartamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luciano M ThomazelliDepartamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Meire I HiyaneDepartamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Leonília Brelaz-AbreuHospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
Elayne Bragança-JardimHospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
Letícia B S HeinenHospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
Anna C M BarrientosHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Luciana B MauHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Niels O S CamaraDepartamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Daniela F BuenoHospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mariane T AmanoHospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil.
Hospital Sírio-Libanês · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Teenagers generally present mild to no symptoms of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. In the present report, we present the case of a 14-year-old boy with Angelman syndrome (AS) who presented with severe COVID-19 symptoms. He spent 20 days in the ICU with elevated inflammatory biomarkers (C-reactive protein and D-dimer) and increased peaks of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, which is uncommon for teenagers diagnosed with COVID-19. Although he showed physiological instability, he was able to produce neutralizing antibodies, suggesting a functional immune response. The literature concerning the immune response to infections in patients with AS is still poor, and to our knowledge, this was the first report of a patient with AS diagnosed with COVID-19. As such, the present study may alert other patients with AS or other rare diseases that they lack a competent immune response and could suffer severe consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Angelman syndromeCOVID19immune responseinflammationintensive care unitneutralizing antibodiesSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC7994262
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