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  • initialism Sudden Unexplained Death in EPilepsy

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Examples

  • Yvonne Smith, 46, from Clover Hill Terrace in Savile Park, died in April from a condition known as SUDEP - sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, the inquest heard.

    unknown title 2009

  • Pull quote: "Our mortality rate is 2-3 times that of the general population, between the seizure-related accidents, the suicides, the meds getting screwed up, SUDEP and status epilepticus."

    Friday! sihaya09 2009

  • But they do know that SUDEP is more likely to happen to people with uncontrolled seizure disorders.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • No one had explained the possibility of SUDEP to us, his parents.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • But would we have been better off knowing that someday SUDEP could take Jesse?

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • No one had explained the possibility of SUDEP to us, his parents.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • But would we have been better off knowing that someday SUDEP could take Jesse?

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • The exact cause was probably SUDEP, Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy, which is not well understood, even by epilepsy professionals.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • But they do know that SUDEP is more likely to happen to people with uncontrolled seizure disorders.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

  • The exact cause was probably SUDEP, Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy, which is not well understood, even by epilepsy professionals.

    Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010

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