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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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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author Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre
Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo
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Scattolini, Marcello
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description 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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spelling pubmed-31184392011-06-22 Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an important concern Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo de Albuquerque, Marly Scattolini, Marcello Arida, Ricardo Mario Clinics (Sao Paulo) Editorial 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. Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2011-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3118439/ /pubmed/21779724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322011001300008 Text en Copyright © 2011 Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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