SARS CoV2 infection in a young subject affected by arginosuccinate synthase deficiency: A case report of epilepsy worsening

N. Vitturi; L. Lenzini; F. Francini-Pesenti; G. Gugelmo; A. Avogaro

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports (Mar 2021)

SARS CoV2 infection in a young subject affected by arginosuccinate synthase deficiency: A case report of epilepsy worsening

N. Vitturi,
L. Lenzini,
F. Francini-Pesenti,
G. Gugelmo,
A. Avogaro

Affiliations

N. Vitturi: University of Padova, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Division of Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital, Padova, Italy; Corresponding author.
L. Lenzini: University of Padova, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Emergency and Hypertension Unit, University Hospital, Padova, Italy
F. Francini-Pesenti: University of Padova, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Division of Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital, Padova, Italy
G. Gugelmo: University of Padova, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Division of Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital, Padova, Italy
A. Avogaro: University of Padova, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Division of Metabolic Diseases, University Hospital, Padova, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
p. 100698

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Summary: We describe a case of a 21 years old woman affected by Citrullinemia type 1- Arginosuccinate Synthase deficiency (ASSD)-who underwent a SARS CoV2 infection during the first phase of pandemic burst in Italy. She had no symptoms of infection nor a metabolic crisis.After recovery from SARS CoV2, she experienced a worsening in their epilepsy despite therapy, with one/two crisis a week.

Published in Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports

ISSN: 2214-4269 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/molecular-genetics-and-metabolism-reports/

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