Mortality in epilepsy: Driving fatalities vs other causes of death in patients with epilepsy

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1002-1007

  Sheth, Soham G ^a   Krauss, Gregory ^a   Krumholz, Allan ^b   Li, Guohua ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRIVING ABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 4644290310     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000138590.00074.9A     Document Type: Article

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