Sudden death in epilepsy, surgery, and seizure outcomes: The interface between heart and brain

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Jehi, Lara ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HEART; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954708144     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.77.s3.09     Document Type: Review

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