The role of autonomic dysfunction in sudden unexplained death in epilepsy patients

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-69

  Lee, Janet ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Epilepsy; Prevention; Seizure; Sudden unexplained death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 21244437158     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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