Injuries, accidents and mortality in epilepsy: A review of its prevalence risk factors and prevention;Lesiones, accidentes y mortalidad en epilepsia: Una revisión de sus prevalencias, factores de riesgo y prevención

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 466-479

  Téllez Zenteno, José Francisco ^a   Nguyen, Rita ^a   Hernández Ronquillo, Lizbeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Epilepsy; Injuries; Mortality; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONCUSSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISLOCATION; EPILEPSY; FRACTURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NEAR DROWNING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADULT; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISLOCATIONS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FATAL OUTCOME; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953093065     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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