Could sudden cardiac death in epilepsy be related to the occurrence of thalamic dysfunction or anatomic change?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a,c   Calderazzo, Lineu ^a   De Albuquerque, Marly ^a   Arida, Ricardo M ^a   De Almeida, Antonio Carlos G ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^c Disciplina de Neurologia Experimental   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular abnormalities; Epilepsy; Heart; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 66149165556     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000100037     Document Type: Review

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