Suicide risk in epilepsy: where do we stand?

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 666-667

  Bell, Gail S ^a   Sander, Josemir W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EPILEPSY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK; SUICIDE;

EID: 34447345682     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70182-5     Document Type: Letter

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