Underestimation of sudden deaths among patients with seizures and epilepsy
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Editors' note: Underestimation of sudden deaths among patients with seizures and epilepsy.
OBJECTIVE To determine the definite and potential frequency of seizures and epilepsy as a cause of death (COD) and how often this goes unrecognized. METHODS Prospective determination of seizures or epilepsy and final COD for individuals aged 18-90 years with out-of-hospital sudden cardiac deaths (SCDs) from the population-based San Francisco POST SCD Study. We compared prospective seizure or ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000004292