Incidence of sudep in a cohort of patients with refractory epilepsy: The role of surgery and lesion localization;Incidência de sudep numa coorte de pacientes com epilepsia refratária: Papel da cirurgia e da localização da lesão

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 898-902

  de Almeida, Andrea Garcia ^a   Nunes, Magda Lahorgue ^a   Palmini, André Luis Fernandes ^a   da Costa, Jaderson Costa ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Extratemporal epilepsy; Refractory epilepsy; Sudep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 79251564467     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2010000600013     Document Type: Article

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