Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: an important concern

AUTOR(ES)

Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre, Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo, Albuquerque, Marly de, Scattolini, Marcello, Arida, Ricardo Mario

FONTE

Clinics

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

RESUMO

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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