Sudden Unexplained Death and Epilepsy

Abstract

The incidence of sudden unexplained death (SUD) among patients less than 50 years old with refractory epilepsy was determined at Boston University Medical Center, Lexington, MA, and Department of Epidemiology, Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Keywords

• sudden unexplained death
• idiopathic refractory epilepsy
• acquired epilepsy