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- Title
Do antiepileptic drugs or generalized tonic-clonic seizure frequency increase SUDEP risk? A combined analysis.
- Authors
Hesdorffer, Dale C; Tomson, Torbjorn; Benn, Emma; Sander, Josemir W; Nilsson, Lena; Langan, Yvonne; Walczak, Thaddeus S; Beghi, Ettore; Brodie, Martin J; Hauser, W Allen; ILAE Commission on Epidemiology (Subcommission on Mortality)
- Abstract
In an analysis of four case-control studies of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), we found that yearly frequency of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) and antiepileptic drug (AED) polytherapy were associated with an increased risk for SUDEP. The prior analysis, however, did not evaluate AEDs and GTCS frequency concurrently.
- Publication
Epilepsia, 2012, Vol 53, Issue 2, p249
- ISSN
1528-1167
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03354.x