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1 in 200k diagnosed worldwide
Often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years
Seizures commonly unresponsive to medication
Can result in cognitive and behavioral deterioration, learning disabilities, endocrine dysfunction and sleep disturbances
Excellent article about the possible link between damage to the sodium channel gene and SUDEP. Perhaps a consideration for future HH research?!
As an epilepsy disorder, HH is very often misdiagnosed or goes undiagnosed due to the unique presentation of gelastic or laughing seizures (https://bit.ly/2zAkPbU). If these gelastics occur during infancy the children are often diagnosed with colic and as the child grows doctors often...
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