Epilepsy and the long QT syndrome: Is there a link? - Commentary on Hindocha et al. [2]

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-

  Stramba Badiale, Marco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SCN1A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FATHER; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG QT SYNDROME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCREENING; SIBLING; SUDDEN DEATH;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 38649097563     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01439_3.x     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Schwartz PJ 2006) The congenital long QT syndromes from genotype to phenotype: clinical implications. J Intern Med 259 (1 39 47.
2. Nashef L, Hindocha N, Makoff A 2007) Risk factors in sudden death in epilepsy (SUDEP): The quest for mechanisms. Epilepsia 48 (5 859 871.
3. Hidocha N, Nashef L, Elmslie F, Birch R, Zuberi S, Al-Chalabi A, Crotti L, Schwartz PJ, Makoff A 2007) Two cases of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in a GEFS+ family with an SCN1A mutation. Epilepsia doi :.