Impact of COVID-19 vaccine on epilepsy in adult subjects: an Italian multicentric experience.

Marina RomozziEleonora RolloPaolo QuintieriFedele DonoGiacomo EvangelistaStefano ConsoliLuigi VelenoFrancesca AnzellottiCarmen CalvelloCinzia CostaSerenella ServideiPaolo CalabresiCatello Vollono

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)

In our cohort of vaccinated PwE, only a little percentage had a transient short-term increase of seizure frequency. The present study demonstrates that COVID-19 vaccines have a good safety and tolerability profile in the short term in PwE.

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