A prospective study on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 195-203

  Leestma, Jan E ^a,b   Walczak, Thaddeus ^d   Hughes, John R ^c   Kalelkar, Mitra B ^b   Teas, Shaku S ^b  

^a Diamond Inpatient Headache Unit   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; ETIOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0024357280     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410260203     Document Type: Article

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