New Zealand ‘lacks gold standard’ for determining cause of epilepsy deaths

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New Zealand ‘lacks gold standard’ for determining cause of epilepsy deaths

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Lack of clarity: Often a neuropathological examination service is not used to ascertain a definitive cause of death in epilepsy
“The lack of a gold-standard service means an umbrella term, ‘epilepsy death’, is often used to categorise cause of death” Chief coroner Deborah