Alexandre BACQ, Post-Doctor at Paris Brain Institute. A rare and tragic consequence of epilepsy is sudden and unexpected death (SUDEP for Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy) that occurs as a result of a seizure. The mechanisms involved, whether respiratory, cardiac or cerebral, have not yet been fully elucidated. However, this risk is very low, about 1 in 1000 patients with epilepsy.
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