Risk of mortality among patients with epilepsy in southern Taiwan

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 254-259

  Chang, Ya Hui ^a   Ho, Wen Chao ^b   Tsai, Jing Jane ^c   Li, Chung Yi ^a,b   Lu, Tsung Hsueh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accidents; Brain tumor; Cohort studies; Epilepsy; Injury; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862786786     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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