Mortality in a consecutive cohort of 248 adolescents and adults who underwent diagnostic evaluation for epilepsy surgery

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.11, 1997, Pages

  Vickrey, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mortality; Seizures; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031470366     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb06133.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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