Survival of patients with epilepsy: An estimate of the mortality risk

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 445-450

  Shackleton, Darian P ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorotheé G A ^b,c   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Meta analysis; Mortality; SMR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMBASE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036216673     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.10301.x     Document Type: Article

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