SUDEP-to discuss or not discuss: that is the question

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 464-465

  Beran, Roy G ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERNET; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SEIZURE; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 33646495566     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70449-5     Document Type: Letter

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