Mortality following a first unprovoked seizure in children: A prospective study

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 880-882

  Shinnar, Shlomo ^a,c   O'Dell, Christine ^a   Berg, Anne T ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

EID: 14644403628     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152893.72146.92     Document Type: Article

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