When your child with epilepsy die suddenly: Febrile seizures are part of the process?;Quando seu filho com epilepsia morre subitamente: Crises febris fazem parte do processo?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 2 B, 2011, Pages 384-386

  Terra, Vera C ^a   Machado, Hélio R ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a   Arida, Ricardo M ^b   Scorza, Fulvio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENE MUTATION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; ONSET AGE; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 79959279625     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000300022     Document Type: Article

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