Epileptic Disorders
MENUSuper-refractory status epilepticus related to COVID-19 in a paediatric patientwith PRRT2 mutation Volume 23, issue 6, December 2021
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1 Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Service, Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán, Santiago, Chile
2 Pediatric Department, Central Campus, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
3 Department of Neurology, Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr. Juan P Garrahan. Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Correspondence: Diane Vergara
Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Service,
Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán,
Pediatric Department, Central Campus,
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile,
Avenida Santa Rosa 1234, Santiago,
Región Metropolitana, 8360160, Chile
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2021.1346
- Page(s) : 951-3
- Published in: 2021
Neurological manifestations affect more than 35% of patients with COVID-19 [1], but are rare in children [2], and its association with status epilepticus (SE) is being increasingly documented [3, 4]. We report a case of super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) as the initial presentation of COVID-19 in a paediatric patient with an unusually severe phenotype associated with PRRT2 mutation.The patient was a 14-year-old girl, without a family history of neurological conditions or consanguinity. She [...]