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ReviewTranslational psychiatry2025

Spotlight on mechanism of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in Dravet syndrome.

WeiHui Shao, Lu Liu, JiaXuan Gu, Yue Yang, YaXuan Wu, ZhuoYue Zhang, Qing Xu, YuLing Wang, Yue Shen, LeYuan Gu and 2 more

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Review in Translational psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Electrocardiographic abnormalities in epilepsy: analysis of cardiac conduction patterns and SUDEP Risk.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  3. Prime editing of a pathogenicScience translational medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

WeiHui Shao *Department of Anesthesiology, the Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3869-6256
Lu Liu *Department of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
JiaXuan Gu *Department of Anesthesiology, the Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Yue Yang *Department of Anesthesiology, the Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
YaXuan Wu *Department of Anesthesiology, the Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
ZhuoYue Zhang *Department of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Qing XuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
YuLing WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, the Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Yue ShenDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
LeYuan GuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China.
Yuan ChengDepartment of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310006, China. Chengyuan301@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-9375-0926
HongHai ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, the Fourth School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310006, China. zhanghonghai_0902@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3530-2060

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) Grant No. 81771403National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) Grant No. 81974205Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation) LZ20H090001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dravet syndrome (DS) is a severe and catastrophic epilepsy with childhood onset. The incidence and prevalence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) are significantly higher in DS patients than in general epileptic populations. Although extensive research conducted, the underlying mechanisms of SUDEP occurring in DS patients remain unclear. This review focuses on the link between DS and SUDEP and analyzes the potential pathogenesis. We summarize the genetic basis of DS and SUDEP and elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms of SUDEP in DS. Furthermore, given the drug-resistant nature of this disorder, the pharmacological approach has limited efficacy and often causes side effects, therefore, the non-pharmacological approaches and precise treatment can reduce the risk of SUDEP in this condition, open a new window to cure this disease, and provide a widened landscape of treatment options for patients.

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Epilepsies, MyoclonicSudden Unexpected Death in EpilepsyHumans

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PMID40097380
PMCPMC11914262

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