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Risk of hospitalization and death for <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 in persons with epilepsy over a 20‐month period: The <scp>EpiLink</scp> Bologna cohort, Italy

Lorenzo Muccioli, Corrado Zenesini, Lisa Taruffi, Laura Licchetta, Barbara Mostacci, Lidia Di Vito, Elena Pasini, L. Volpi, P. Riguzzi, Lorenzo Ferri,

Epilepsia · 2022 · 16 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

During the first 20 months since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Bologna, PWE had a doubled risk of COVID-19 hospital admission compared to a matched control population. Conversely, epilepsy did not represent a risk factor for COVID-19-related death.

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