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SUDEP in patients with epilepsy and nonepileptic seizures [PDF]

Epilepsia Open, 2019
AbstractWe report 13 SUDEP cases in the North American SUDEP Registry with both psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and epileptic seizures (ES) among a consecutive series of 231 cases (excluding epileptic encephalopathies). On average, cases of PNES + ES died at a younger age (23 ± 11 years) than the ES‐only cohort (30 ± 14 years), and died an ...
Chloe Verducci, Daniel Friedman, Orrin Devinsky   +2 more
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A practical guide to the updated seizure classification 2025

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper provides a practical guide to applying the updated seizure classification in clinical settings. The updated classification, published by the International League Against Epilepsy in 2025, builds on the operational classification introduced in 2017.
Sándor Beniczky, Eugen Trinka, Elaine Wirrell, Mamta Bhushan Singh, Hal Blumenfeld, Alicia Bogacz Fressola, Fernando Cendes, Dana Craiu, Birgit Frauscher, Floor E. Jansen, Philippe Kahane, Veena Kander, Nirmeen Kishk, Ching Soong Khoo, Angelica Lizcano, Luca De Palma, Philippe Ryvlin, Nicola Specchio, Michael R. Sperling, William Tatum, Elza Márcia Yacubian, Jo Wilmshurst, J. Helen Cross   +22 more
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Trend of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Incidence Rate in Rural West China

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Objectives: To explore the trend of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) incidence rate over time in rural west China.Methods: We scanned probable SUDEP patients from the epilepsy program between 2010 and 2019 in rural West China and performed a ...
Haijiao Wang, Deng Chen, Jun He, Yujin He, Ling Liu, Dong Zhou   +5 more
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Sudden unexpected death in children with epilepsy: the many faces of fungal pathogenicity [PDF]

, 2012
Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological diseases worldwide. the mortality rates are considerably higher in people with epilepsy than would be expected in a healthy population and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most frequent
Andersen, Monica Levy, Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão, Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes, Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo, Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre, Tufik, Sergio   +5 more
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Unmet needs of women with epilepsy living in rural low‐ and middle‐income countries: The experience of the Bolivian Chaco

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Epilepsy affects approximately 70 million people worldwide, with 80% living in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where many people with epilepsy (PWE) go undiagnosed or untreated. Over the last few decades, many efforts have been made worldwide to reduce the treatment gap (TG) in LMICs.
Alessandra Nicoletti, Gianluca Latino, Calogero Edoardo Cicero, Anna Barbiero, Chiara Aguzzoli, Bianca Ribelli, Valentina Petrini, Maria Micieli, Sandra Padilla, Estela Vilte, Francesco Cosmi, Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gomez, Alessandro Bartoloni, Loretta Giuliano   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brainstem atrophy in focal epilepsy destabilizes brainstem-brain interactions: Preliminary findings. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: MR Imaging has shown atrophy in brainstem regions that were linked to autonomic dysfunction in epilepsy patients. The brainstem projects to and modulates the activation state of several wide-spread cortical/subcortical regions.
Bateman, Lisa M., Goldman, Alica M., Laxer, Kenneth D., Mueller, Susanne G., Nei, Maromi   +4 more
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Linkage Evidence for a Two-Locus Inheritance of LQT-Associated Seizures in a Multigenerational LQT Family With a Novel KCNQ1 Loss-of-Function Mutation [PDF]

, 2019
Mutations in several genes encoding ion channels can cause the long-QT (LQT) syndrome with cardiac arrhythmias, syncope and sudden death. Recently, mutations in some of these genes were also identified to cause epileptic seizures in these patients, and
Gessner, Guido, Heinemann, Stefan H., Prüss, Harald, Rimpau, Wilhelm, Ruppert, Ann-Katrin, Rüschendorf, Franz, Sander, Thomas, Schulz, Herbert   +7 more
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Steps to prevent SUDEP: the validity of risk factors in the SUDEP and seizure safety checklist: a case control study [PDF]

Journal of Neurology, 2016
Our objectives were to compare people with epilepsy (PWE) who died of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with live controls using the risk factor items of the SUDEP and Seizure Safety Checklist. All 48 SUDEPs of 93 epilepsy deaths which occurred in Cornwall UK 2004-2012 were compared to 220 live controls using the SUDEP and Seizure Safety ...
Shankar, R, Walker, M, McLean, B, Laugharne, R, Ferrand, F, Hanna, J, Newman, C   +6 more
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Comparative assessment of artificial intelligence chatbots' performance in responding to healthcare professionals' and caregivers' questions about Dravet syndrome

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Artificial intelligence chatbots have been a game changer in healthcare, providing immediate, round‐the‐clock assistance. However, their accuracy across specific medical domains remains under‐evaluated. Dravet syndrome remains one of the most challenging epileptic encephalopathies, with new data continuously emerging in the ...
Joana Jesus‐Ribeiro, Eugenia Roza, Bárbara Oliveiros, Joana Barbosa Melo, Mar Carreño   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A clinical and pathological study in patients with sudden unexpected death in Epilepsy

Acta Epileptologica, 2019
Background Sudden unexpected death of epilepsy (SUDEP) is a severe outcome of epilepsy. This study aimed to report the clinical and pathological findings in patients with SUDEP. Methods The record of patients with sudden death was screened.
Weihua Yu, Ying Zhu, Qingshu Li, Xin Tian, Peng Zhang, Yang Lü   +5 more
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