Severe peri-ictal respiratory dysfunction is common in Dravet syndrome

Volume: 128, Issue: 3, Pages: 1141 - 1153
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Abstract
Dravet syndrome (DS) is a severe childhood-onset epilepsy commonly due to mutations of the sodium channel gene SCN1A. Patients with DS have a high risk of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), widely believed to be due to cardiac mechanisms. Here we show that patients with DS commonly have peri-ictal respiratory dysfunction. One patient had severe and prolonged postictal hypoventilation during video EEG monitoring and died later of...
Paper Details
Title
Severe peri-ictal respiratory dysfunction is common in Dravet syndrome
Published Date
Mar 1, 2018
Volume
128
Issue
3
Pages
1141 - 1153
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