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Genetic investigation of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy cohort by panel target resequencing.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Mar 2016
Coll Monica, Allegue Catarina, Partemi Sara, Mates Jesus, Del Olmo Bernat, Campuzano Oscar, Pascali Vincenzo, Iglesias Anna, Striano Pasquale, Oliva Antonio, Brugada Ramon
Abstract excerpt
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is defined as the abrupt, no traumatic, witnessed or unwitnessed death, occurring in benign circumstances, in an individual with epilepsy, with or without evidence for a seizure and excluding documented status epilepticus (seizure duration ≥ 30 min or seizures without recovery), and in which postmortem examination does not reveal a cause of death. Although the...
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