Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2021)

First psychotic episode, related to COVID‐19 pandemic, in a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex

  • Lina Brahmi,
  • Hanen Ben Ammar,
  • Safa Messaoud,
  • Ghada Hamdi,
  • Emira Khelifa,
  • Leila Mnif

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4821
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Clinical symptoms of tuberous sclerosis may occur because of exposure to a stressful event like COVID‐19. During pandemics, specific considerations should be deserved to the mental state of people suffering from genetic diseases to prevent mental illness caused by a coronavirus.

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