Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death in epilepsy today: what should physicians know about this?

Approximately 1% of the population has epilepsy, the most common neurological disorder. Moreover, people with epilepsy are more likely to die prematurely than those without epilepsy, and the most common epilepsy-related category of death is sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Information co...

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Main Authors: Fulvio A. Scorza, Diego B. Colugnati, Aline P. Pansani, Eliza Y.F. Sonoda, Ricardo M. Arida, Esper A. Cavalheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2008-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000300017