Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Trying to reset the clock on diabetes

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-518

  Lopes, Carla Delascio ^a   de Albuquerque, Marly ^a   Lopes, Antonio Carlos ^a   Arida, Ricardo Mario ^a   Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; SUDDEN DEATH; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

DEATH, SUDDEN; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 84864322835     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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