Gaining perspective on SUDEP
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SUDEP in the Netherlands
We would like to respond to the letter sent by Dr. Bell and Dr. Sander on 6th March. Firstly, the establishment of survivor status for all attendees of the tertiary referral centre for epilepsy is questioned. Through the electronical patient record system, which is continually updated, we obtained an exact number of deaths in our patient population. Consequently, there is no reason to believe a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003698