Causes of death among people with convulsive epilepsy in rural West China: A prospective study

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-137

  Mu, J ^a   Liu, L ^a   Zhang, Q ^a   Si, Y ^a   Hu, J ^a   Fang, J ^a   Gao, Y ^b   He, J ^b   Li, S ^c   Wang, W ^d   Wu, J ^d   Sander, J W ^e,f   Zhou, D ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c China Association Against Epilepsy   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SEIN Epilepsy Institute in the Netherlands Foundation Heemstede   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; DROWNING; EPILEPTIC STATE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 80051552693     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318223c784     Document Type: Article

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