Patients with epilepsy who die suddenly have cardiac disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 857-860

  Natelson, Benjamin H ^a,b   Suarez, Ronald V ^a,c   Terrence, Christopher F ^a,b   Turizo, Rosa ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Morris County Medical Examiner Office   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031802504     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.6.857     Document Type: Article

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