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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an important concern

Clinics, 2011
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic problems worldwide. Unfortunately, individuals with epilepsy are at higher risk of death than the general population, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is the most important direct epilepsy-related ...
Fulvio Alexandre Scorza, Roberta Monterazzo Cysneiros, Marly de Albuquerque, Marcello Scattolini, Ricardo Mario Arida   +4 more
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Unmasking of Brugada syndrome by lamotrigine in a patient with pre-existing epilepsy: A case report with review of the literature

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Brugada syndrome is an inherited cardiac channelopathy arising from mutations in voltage-gated cardiac sodium channels. Idiopathic epilepsy portrays a coalescent underlying pathophysiological mechanism pertaining to the premature excitation of neuronal ...
Hafiz Omer, Hafiz Omer, Mohamed H. Omer, Abdulmohsen R. Alyousef, Ali M. Alzammam, Omar Ahmad, Haitham A. Alanazi, Haitham A. Alanazi, Haitham A. Alanazi   +8 more
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Ranking the Leading Risk Factors for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
BackgroundSudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is rare in well-controlled epilepsy. However, SUDEP is a common cause of death in drug-resistant epilepsy.
Christopher M. DeGiorgio, Christopher M. DeGiorgio, Christopher M. DeGiorgio, Daniela Markovic, Rajarshi Mazumder, Rajarshi Mazumder, Brian D. Moseley   +6 more
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Frequency of Mortality and Sudden Unexpected Death in Patients with Uncontrolled Epilepsy Underwent Epilepsy Surgery in Kashani Hospital, Isfahan, Iran, during the Years 2007 to 2017

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurologic disorders in all ages. Epilepsy surgery is widely prescribed for patients with refractory epilepsy, and can control seizure episodes.
Jafar Mehvari-Habibabadi, Houshang Moein, Mohammad Zare, Seyed Navid Naghibi, Nasim Fazeli   +4 more
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Predicting Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy [PDF]

Neurology, 2021
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a devastating and underrecognized cause of death in people with epilepsy. It can be a difficult subject to discuss. It can be even more difficult to predict. Previous studies have identified generally how often it occurs.
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Lamotrigine and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2007
Four consecutive cases of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), occurring in non-hospitalized patients while treated with lamotrigine (LTG), between 1995 and 2005, are reported from Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.
J Gordon Millichap
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in children

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2023
AbstractSudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of epilepsy‐related mortality in children and adults living with epilepsy. The incidence of SUDEP is comparable in both children and adults; it is approximately 1.2 per 1000 person years.
Robyn Whitney, Suvasini Sharma, Rajesh Ramachandrannair   +2 more
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Serotonin and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Experimental Neurology, 2020
Epilepsy is a highly prevalent disease characterized by recurrent, spontaneous seizures. Approximately one-third of epilepsy patients will not achieve seizure freedom with medical management and become refractory to conventional treatments. These patients are at greatest risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
Alexandra N. Petrucci, Katelyn G. Joyal, Benton S. Purnell, Gordon F. Buchanan   +3 more
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Probable Sudden Unexpected Death in Dogs With Epilepsy (pSUDED)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Sudden unexpected death in human epileptic patients (SUDEP) is defined as death related to recurrent unprovoked seizures, death occurring unexpectedly, and suddenly in a patient with reasonable state of health, without an obvious medical cause of death ...
Enrice Huenerfauth, Jasmin Nessler, Johannes Erath, Andrea Tipold   +3 more
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Genetic Basis of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
People with epilepsy are at heightened risk of sudden death compared to the general population. The leading cause of epilepsy-related premature mortality is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
Richard D. Bagnall, Richard D. Bagnall, Douglas E. Crompton, Douglas E. Crompton, Christopher Semsarian, Christopher Semsarian, Christopher Semsarian   +6 more
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