SUDEP and other causes of mortality in childhood-onset epilepsy



: Sillanpaa M, Shinnar S

Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

: 2013

: Epilepsy and Behavior

: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR

: EPILEPSY BEHAV

: 2

: 28

: 2

: 249

: 255

: 7

: 1525-5050

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.04.016


Conclusion: Childhood-onset epilepsy is associated with a substantial risk of epilepsy-related mortality, primarily SUDEP. In otherwise neurologically normal individuals, the increased SUDEP risk begins in adolescence. The higher mortality rates reported in this cohort are related to duration of follow-up as most of the mortality occurs many years after the onset of the epilepsy. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.



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