Risk factors in sudden death in epilepsy (SUDEP): The quest for mechanisms

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 859-871

  Nashef, Lina ^a   Hindocha, Neeti ^a   Makoff, Andrew ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Long QT syndrome; Sudden death; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

APNEA; BODY POSITION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TIME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248592512     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01082.x     Document Type: Review

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