Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: an Important Concern

Overview

Journal Clinics (Sao Paulo)

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2011 Jul 23

PMID 21779724

Citations 6

Authors

Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

Roberta Monterazzo Cysneiros

Marly de Albuquerque

Marcello Scattolini

Ricardo Mario Arida

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Abstract

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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