Injuries and death as a consequence of seizures in people with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 904-907

  Spitz, Mark C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BURN; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; BURNS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032133381     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01189.x     Document Type: Article

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