Ictal asystole and SUDEP

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-424

  So, Norman K ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^b  

^a LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRAIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HEART ARREST; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 34548082804     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000268698.04032.bc     Document Type: Editorial

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