Mortality by clinical characteristics in a tertiary care cohort of adult patients with chronic epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Nevalainen, Olli ^a   Auvinen, Anssi ^a,b   Ansakorpi, Hanna ^c   Artama, Miia ^d   Raitanen, Jani ^a,e   Isojärvi, Jouko ^c,f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^f LUNDBECK RESEARCH USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Finland; Mortality; Potential years of life lost; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870602397     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12006     Document Type: Article

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