Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Mechanisms, prevalence, and prevention

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Surges, Rainer ^a   Sander, Josemir W ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Central apnoea; Chronic epilepsy; Seizure control; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84859780426     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283506714     Document Type: Review

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