Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an important concern

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 cause of death. In this review article, our resear...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre, Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo, de Albuquerque, Marly, Scattolini, Marcello, Arida, Ricardo Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21779724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322011001300008
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Sumario: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 cause of death. In this review article, our research group focused on the risk factors, mechanisms and preventative measures obtained from clinical and experimental studies on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

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