Causes and Effects Contributing to Sudden Death in Epilepsy and the Rationale for Prevention and Intervention

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) claims the lives of one in every thousand epileptic patients each year. Autonomic, cardiac, and respiratory pieces to a mechanistic puzzle have not yet been completely assembled. We propose a single sequence of causes and effects that unifies disparate and...

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Main Authors: Mark Stewart, Joshua B. Silverman, Krishnamurthi Sundaram, Richard Kollmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2020.00765/full