Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: Assessing the public health burden

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1479-1485

  Thurman, David J ^a   Hesdorffer, Dale C ^b   French, Jacqueline A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Incidence; Sudden death; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUDDEN DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911966458     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12666     Document Type: Article

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