Lamotrigine and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-21-3-6

Keywords:

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, Lamotrigine, Bilateral Synchronous Epileptiform

Abstract

Four consecutive cases of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), occurring in non-hospitalized patients while treated with lamotrigine (LTG), between 1995 and 2005, are reported from Stavanger University Hospital, Norway.

Published

2007-03-01

Issue

Section

Antiepileptic Medications