Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP): A clinical perspective and a search for risk factors

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-444

  Kloster, Robert ^a   Engelskjøn, Torstein ^a  

^a National Center for Epilepsy   (Norway)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Sudden death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY POSTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032854608     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.4.439     Document Type: Article

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