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This study aimed to examine the risk factors of probable sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) among patients with convulsive epilepsy in rural communities.A total of 35 cases with identified probable SUDEP were recruited in the study and compared with three survival controls that were sex and age matched from the same cohort for each case. Three healthy controls per case were chosen as a control...
Active convulsive epilepsy (ACE) impacts patients greatly, especially in low-income countries where patients do not receive appropriate treatment. In the present study, we measured the prevalence and treatment gap (TG) of ACE in rural West China.Six rural areas in West China that have a total population of 3,541,319 were selected to conduct prevalence and TG estimates of ACE via a clue survey from...
PurposeThis randomized intervention trial was to determine whether the implementation of a practical intervention was effective in enhancing medical compliance and improving seizure control among patients with convulsive epilepsy in rural communities in western China.
MethodsTwo of four areas were randomly selected for this study and assigned to be the intervention group (IG) and the control group...
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