Apnoea and bradycardia during epileptic seizures: Relation to sudden death in epilepsy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-300

  Nashef, L ^a   Walker, F ^a   Allen, P ^a   Sander, J W A S ^a   Shorvon, S D ^a   Fish, D R ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ictal apnoea; Ictal bradycardia; Sudden death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINUS ARREST; SUDDEN DEATH; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0029937749     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.3.297     Document Type: Article

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