Epidemiology of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP);Epidemiologische Daten zum plötzlichen, unerklärbaren Tod bei Epilepsie

Zeitschrift fur Epileptologie

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 60-70

  May, Theodor W ^a   Pfäfflin, Margarete ^a,b  

^a Gesellschaft Epilepsieforschung e V Koordinierungszentrum fur Studien in Epileptologie   (Germany)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Mortality; Sudden unexpected death; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGE; APNEA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG FATALITY; EPILEPSY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 33646144685     PISSN: 16176782     EISSN: 16100646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10309-006-0193-1     Document Type: Article

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