First, we are grateful for the words of encouragement provided by professors Scorza,
Cavalheiro and Arida. As has been well-described by this prestigious group, sudden
unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and the relationship between sleep and epilepsy
certainly deserve greater clinical and basic research attention.
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Published online: September 01, 2010
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