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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Epilepsy > Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Death > Death, Sudden > Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

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Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy  

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Entry terms

  • SUDEP

Scope note

  • Sudden death in a patient with EPILEPSY associated with SEIZURES and seizure-related symptoms (e.g., APNEA; HYPOXEMIA) without other identifiable accidental causes (e.g., DROWNING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES).

History note

  • 2020

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000080485

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