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This paper describes unexpected cases with convulsions during 1\u00a0week in January 2022.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Four children with COVID\u201019 were admitted with convulsions to the paediatric department in \u00d6rebro, Sweden, when Omicron accounted for more than 98% of the country's COVID\u201019 cases. Three children tested positive for the virus, and one had clinical COVID\u201019. I was able to contact the parents of three boys, who gave consent for these case studies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two boys aged 3 and 21\u00a0months tested positive for the virus and a 14\u2010year\u2010old boy tested negative, but had a cold and family members who had tested positive. The teenager had a history of urinary tract infections, but the younger boys had no earlier comorbidities. None had a history of epilepsy or febrile convulsions. The younger children had a fever and the teenager had upper respiratory symptoms. The 3\u2010month\u2010old child had repeated convulsions for several hours, the 21\u2010month\u2010old had continuous convulsions for 15\u201320\u00a0min, and the teenager had a convulsion for 30\u201360\u00a0s, followed by uncharacteristic aggression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Convulsions may be a sign of the Omicron variant in children with COVID\u201019.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.16276","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,31]],"date-time":"2022-01-31T03:01:10Z","timestamp":1643598070000},"page":"1023-1026","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":71,"title":["Convulsions in children with COVID\u201019 during the Omicron wave"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"111","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1024-5602","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonas F.","family":"Ludvigsson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Karolinska Institutet  Stockholm Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Paediatrics Orebro University Hospital  Orebro Sweden"},{"name":"Department of Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons  New York New York USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.15270"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140\u20106736(20)31094\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.16191"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.15673"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.15999"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.n3103"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1101\/2021.12.21.21268116"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1212\/WNL.0000000000012930"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1101\/2021.12.21.21268108"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_1","unstructured":"Statistik om SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 virusvarianter av s\u00e4rskild betydelse (Statistics about SARS\u2010CoV\u20102 virus variants of special importance).Swedish Public Health Agency.2022. 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