Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy: The role of the heart

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages 121-127

  Schuele, Stephan U ^a,b   Widdess Walsh, Peter ^a   Bermeo, Adriana ^a   Lüders, Hans O ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; HEART; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 34249863111     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.74.Suppl_1.S121     Document Type: Article

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