Pediatric experience with sudden unexplained death in epilepsy at a tertiary epilepsy center

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 782-787

  McGregor, Amy ^a   Wheless, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY POSITION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750725758     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210090701     Document Type: Review

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