Do pets reduce the likelihood of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy?

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 649-651

  Terra, Vera C ^a   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a   MacHado, Hélio R ^a   Martins, Luciana D ^a   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^b   Arida, Ricardo M ^b   Stöllberger, Claudia ^c   Finsterer, Josef ^c   Scorza, Fulvio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Epilepsy; Pet ownership; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; TIME OF DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PETS;

EID: 84865241542     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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