Deaths related to epilepsy in the united states

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1983, Pages 148-155

  Chandra, Vijay ^a   Bharucha, Nadir E ^a   Schoenberg, Bruce S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0020995012     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110520     Document Type: Article

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