Mortality in patients with a first unprovoked seizure

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2005, Pages 40-42

  Beghi, Ettore ^a,b   Leone, Maurizio ^b,c   Solari, Alessandra ^d  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

First unprovoked seizure; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FRANCE; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EPILEPSY; FRANCE; HUMANS; ICELAND; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644758320     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00407.x     Document Type: Review

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