Status epilepticus without an underlying cause and risk of death: A population-based study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Logroscino, Giancarlo ^a   Hesdorffer, Dale C ^b,c   Cascino, Gregory ^d   Hauser, W Allen ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 39049153500     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2007.43     Document Type: Article

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