Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Potential role of antiepileptic drugs

CNS Drugs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-119

  Hesdorffer, Dale C ^a   Tomson, Torbjorn ^b  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; APNEA; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MONOTHERAPY; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84876718097     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-012-0006-1     Document Type: Review

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