Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: some approaches for its prevention and medico-legal consideration

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 207-212

  Verma, Archana ^a   Kumar, Alok ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

^b UP Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs); Epilepsy; Forensic autopsy; Sudden unexpected death; SUDEP; Unexplained death

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; ETIOLOGY; MORTALITY;

DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84940437691     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-014-0362-3     Document Type: Review

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