The traditional view that epilepsy is usually a chronic condition in which the prognosis is
consistently poor has been challenged in the last 2 decades. Evidence from population‐based …

… Sander JWAS, Shorvon SD. Incidence and prevalence studies in epilepsy and their
methodological problems: a review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1987;50:829-39. …

… Langan Y, Nashef L, Sander JWAS. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: a series of …
Klenerman P, Sander JWAS, Shorvon SD. Mortality in patients with epilepsy: a study of patients in …

Over an 18-month period, all incident cases of neurological disorders were ascertained
prospectively in an unselected urban population based in 13 general practices in the London …

The National General Practice Study of Epilepsy is a prospective population-based cohort
study of 1195 patients with newly diagnosed or suspected epileptic seizures. At the time of …

Remission of seizures is a crucial measure of outcome in epilepsy. The National General
Practice Study of Epilepsy (NGPSE) aimed to investigate the remission of patients with …

Epilepsy is the most common serious neurological disorder and is one of the world’s most
prevalent noncommunicable diseases. As the understanding of its physical and social burden …

Patients with epilepsy may be subject to an increased risk of premature death from the
underlying cause, or from the epilepsy intself. The extent and nature of this risk has been …

The United Kingdom National General Practice Study of Epilepsy is a prospective, population‐based
study of newly diagnosed epilepsy. A cohort of 792 patients has now been followed …

OBJECTIVES Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) represents a significant
category of mortality in the population with chronic epilepsy. A consistent feature is that most of …