Mortality in children with severe epilepsy: 10 years of follow-up;Mortalidade em crianças com epilepsia severa: 10 anos de seguimento

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 766-769

  Terra, Vera C ^a   Scorza, Fulvio A ^b   Arida, Ricardo M ^b   Fernandes, Regina M F ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a   Machado, Helio R ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Mortality; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY;

EID: 80455168432     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000600008     Document Type: Article

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