Clinical risk factors in SUDEP
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP): a clinical perspective and a search for risk factors.
OBJECTIVES To examine the risk factors and their relative importance and possible role in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). METHODS The study was conducted as a retrospective analysis of deaths in an outpatient population of a tertiary referral centre, based on clinical and pathological data. RESULTS Of a total of 140 deaths, 61 (44%) had not been to postmortem and were excluded,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000008741