Risk of hospitalization and death for COVID-19 in persons with epilepsy over a 20-month period: The EpiLink Bologna cohort, Italy.

Francesca BisulliCorrado ZenesiniLisa TaruffiLaura LicchettaBarbara MostacciLidia Di VitoElena PasiniLilia VolpiPatrizia RiguzziLorenzo FerriFlavia BaccariFrancesco NoninoRoberto MichelucciPaolo TinuperLuca VignatelliFrancesca Bisulli

Published in: Epilepsia (2022)

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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