Excess mortality and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy;Surmortalité et mort soudaine inattendue dans l'épilepsie

Presse Medicale

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-910

  Ryvlin, Philippe ^a,b   Tomson, Törbjorn ^c   Montavont, Alexandra ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 66349093348     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2008.12.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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