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Mortality in paediatric epilepsy
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- Published on: 9 January 2004
- Published on: 9 January 2004Cardiac mortality in paediatric epilepsyShow More
Dear Editor
Sudden unexpected death due to epilepsy (SUDEP)is a concept that suggests the cause of death relates to an epileptic disorder. This paper makes no mention of the fact that some cases of "SUDEP" may result when a long QT syndrome (LQTS) has been misdiagnosed as epilepsy. How many the studies of epilepsy mortality looked specifically at cardiac causes of "epilepsy deaths", beyond considering those who a...
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