Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: The obscure role of sleep

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 168-169

  Matos, Gabriela ^a   Andersen, Monica L ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CAFFEINE; KAINIC ACID; PILOCARPINE;

BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EPILEPSY; GALLUS GALLUS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 77958152009     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.008     Document Type: Letter

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