Temporal trends in the mortality of people with epilepsy: A review

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2241-2246

  Neligan, Aidan ^a   Bell, Gail S ^a   Shorvon, Simon D ^a   Sander, Josemir W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Mortality; Population studies; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78349255907     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02711.x     Document Type: Article

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