COVID-19 in children with neuromuscular disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Children with neuromuscular disorders have been assumed to be a particularly vulnerable population since the beginning of COVID-19. Although this is a plausible hypothesis, there is no evidence that complications or mortality rates in neuromuscular patients are higher than in the general population. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 in children with neuromuscular disorders.

Methods

A registry of children with neuromuscular conditions and laboratory-confirmed-SARS-CoV-2 infection was set up by the Neuromuscular Working Group of the Spanish Pediatric Neurology Society (SENEP). Data to be collected were focused on the characteristics and baseline status of the neuromuscular condition and the course of COVID-19.

SUBMITTER: Natera-de Benito D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7775833 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature