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. 2020 Nov 25:15:100412.
doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100412. eCollection 2021.

Letter to the Editor in response to Professor Josef Finsterer

Fidèle Sebera  1   2   3 , Peter Dedeken  3   4 , Dirk E Teuwen  3   5 , Paul A J M Boon  3
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Letter to the Editor in response to Professor Josef Finsterer

Fidèle Sebera et al. Epilepsy Behav Rep. .

Abstract

•Future actions to improve SUDEP reporting include training of healthcare professionals.•Future actions to improve SUDEP reporting include development of easy to use tools that ensure complete case reporting.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: D. Teuwen is an employee of UCB Pharma. P. Dedeken received consultancy fees from UCB Pharma and Novartis. P. Boon received speaker and consultancy fees from UCB Pharma, LivaNova, and Medtronic, and research grants from the same companies through his institution. Dr. Sebera no interests to declare.

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