Seizure control and mortality in epilepsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Sperling, Michael R ^a,b   Feldman, Harold ^c,d   Kinman, Judith ^c   Liporace, Joyce D ^a,b   O'Connor, Michael J ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033047553     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199907)46:1<45::AID-ANA8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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