Lamotrigine and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Abstract

Four consecutive cases of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), occurring in non-hospitalized patients while treated with lamotrigine (LTG), between 1995 and 2005, are reported from Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.

Keywords

• sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
• lamotrigine
• bilateral synchronous epileptiform