Sudden death in epileptic patients;La mort subite du patient epileptique

Presse Medicale

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 605-611

  Jallon, P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HYPOTHESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP;

EID: 0033586233     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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