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Why should a neurologist worry about climate change?
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Climate change is a feature of the Anthropocene era. Whilst individual extreme events remain difficult to ascribe to a given cause, collectively such occurrences are happening with a frequency that is beyond random chance. Why, as medical professionals and neurologists, should climate change concern us and what, if anything, can we do about it?
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A 10 year old girl with Dravet syndrome, who had been seizure-free for 2 years, was found deceased when walking outside on a day with extremely hot temperatures (46.5 degree Celsius).
“For instance, a 10 year old girl with Dravet syndrome, who had been seizure-free for 2 years, was found deceased when walking outside on a day with extremely hot temperatures (46.5 degree Celsius) 206 .”
From Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (2024) · cites this paper as [206]
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- Sisodiya, S. M., Scheffer, I. E., Lowenstein, D. H., & Free, S. L.
- Venue
- The Lancet Neurology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 335-336
- ISSN
- 1474-4422 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2921528956
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1
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- 0.22
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
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- The Lancet Neurology (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
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- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Environmental Impact
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Keywords
- climate change, neurology, extreme weather events, Anthropocene, climate change and health
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