Death in epileptic people: a review of Manitoba's medical examiner's cases

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 275-278

  Barooni, Sholeh ^a   Thambirajah Balachandra, A ^b   Lee, Lesley ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Epilepsy; Manner of death

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; COCAINE; OLANZAPINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 34250018621     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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