Incidence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in children is similar to adults
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- Received October 26, 2017
- Accepted in final form March 26, 2018
- First Published June 8, 2018.
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Author Disclosures
- Anne E. Keller, MPH,
- Robyn Whitney, MD,
- Shelly-Anne Li, MSc,
- Michael S. Pollanen, MD, PhD and
- Elizabeth J. Donner, MD, MSc
- Anne E. Keller, MPH,
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- Michael S. Pollanen, MD, PhD and
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Forensic Science International Forensic Science, Medicine & Pathology Medicine, Science and law ongoing editorial board
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- Elizabeth J. Donner, MD, MSc
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Editorial Board, Epilepsia Open
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Ontario Brain Institute, EpLink Grant, PI, 2013-2018
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Dravet Canada SUDEP Aware
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- From the Division of Neurology (A.E.K.) and Child Health Evaluative Sciences (S.-A.L.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Division of Neurology (R.W., E.J.D.), Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto; and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (M.S.P.), University of Toronto, Canada.
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Dr. Donner elizabeth.donner{at}sickkids.ca
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