SUDEP and other causes of mortality in childhood-onset epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Sillanpää, Matti ^a   Shinnar, Shlomo ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood onset; Epilepsy; Mortality; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879798800     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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