Trends of Epilepsy-Related Mortality in South Korea.

Seul Gi Moon Jung-Kyeom Kim Seo-Young Lee Hyun Kyung Kim

Published in: Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) (2023)

A declining tendency of mortality from epilepsy was found in the overall population of Korea over recent decades. However, epilepsy is a notable cause of death in children, and epilepsy-related mortality is increasing in the elderly population.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
risk factors
young adults
temporal lobe epilepsy
coronary artery disease