Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: People with nocturnal seizures may be at highest risk

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-257

  Lamberts, Robert J ^a   Thijs, Roland D ^a,b   Laffan, Aoife ^c   Langan, Yvonne ^c   Sander, Josemir W ^a,d  

^a STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Nocturnal seizures; Premature mortality; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY; WITNESS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SLEEP;

EID: 84856326174     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03360.x     Document Type: Article

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