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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 30:3:1273163.
doi: 10.3389/fepid.2023.1273163. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Epidemiology of epilepsy and seizures

Zhibin Chen  1   2 , Martin J Brodie  3 , Ding Ding  4 , Patrick Kwan  1   2   5   6
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Editorial

Editorial: Epidemiology of epilepsy and seizures

Zhibin Chen et al. Front Epidemiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: SUDEP; epidemiology; epilepsy; infantile spasm (IS); seizures; status epilepticus (SE); treatment gap.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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