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Can the combination of hyperthermia, seizures and ion channel dysfunction cause fatal post-ictal cerebral edema in patients with SCN1A mutations?

A 21-year-old male with an SCN1A mutation died of cerebral herniation 3 h after a seizure occurring during physical activity. Cases of fatal cerebral edema in patients with SCN1A mutations after fever and status epilepticus have been recently reported raising the question whether sodium channel dysf...

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Autores principales: Büren, Carina, Kamp, Marcel Alexander, Munoz-Bendix, Christopher, Steiger, Hans-Jakob, Windolf, Joachim, Dibué-Adjei, Maxine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5913039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29692967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.12.003