From Galapagos to the labs: Darwinian medicine and epilepsy today

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-390

  Scorza, Fulvio A ^a   Cysneiros, Roberta M ^b   Terra, Vera C ^c   Arida, Ricardo M ^a   Scorza, Carla A ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Darwin; Epilepsy; Nutrition; Omega 3 fatty acids; Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPILEPSY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART DEATH; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350620955     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.09.009     Document Type: Review

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