Sudden unexplained death among subjects with refractory epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 931-935

  Derby, Laura E ^a,c   Tennis, Patricia ^b   Jick, Hershel ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c Boston Collab Drug Survlnc Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Refractory epilepsy; Sudden unexplained death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029833319     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00529.x     Document Type: Article

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