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Prevalence of each neurological manifestation in our series, stratified by age subgroups (<6 or >6 years).
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Accordingly, the median age in the group without neurological symptoms was 2.5 years, compared to 10.9 years in patients with neurological symptoms (Supplementary Figure 1).
(A) EEG performed at the Emergency Department (ED) showing left fronto-temporal epileptiform abnormalities (arrow). (B) T2-weighted axial brain MR, showing the consequences of an old ischemic lesion in the left parietal lobe (arrow).
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Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the previous ischemic lesion plus a post-ictal left fronto-insular perfusion alteration, and the electroencephalogram (EEG) showed left frontotemporal epileptiform abnormalities (Figure 2).
(A) Patients with and without neurological symptoms stratified by age range; (B) Patients with and without neurological symptoms stratified for priority triage code at the Emergency Department (ED).
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The prevalence of each neurological manifestation stratified by age range is shown in Table 4 and Figure 3A. The triage code given on admission at the ED according to the Italian former color code system (red - emergency, yellow - urgency, green - non-urgent, and white - minor issues) was green in 78.1%, yellow in 18.8%, and red in 3.1% of the children with neurological symptoms, while patients without neurological symptoms got white code in 2.9%, green in 77.6%, and yellow in 12.2% cases (Figure 3B).
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