SUDEP - Pharmacological influences;SUDEP - Pharmakologische Einflüsse

Zeitschrift fur Epileptologie

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Schmidt, Holger ^a   Krämer, Günter ^b  

^a SUVA   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Arrhythmogenic drugs; Intractable epilepsy; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY;

EID: 33646143546     PISSN: 16176782     EISSN: 16100646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10309-006-0195-z     Document Type: Article

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