Seizure-related injury and death

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-341

  Nei, Maromi ^a   Bagla, Ritu ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN DISEASE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547120732     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-007-0051-1     Document Type: Review

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