Risk of Drowning in Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-9-8

Risk of Drowning in Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 22 (2008): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2008

Abstract

The risk of drowning in patients with epilepsy is quantified by a meta-analysis of published reports, in a study at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London UK.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-9-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 70 - 71

Published on: Sep 1, 2008

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Standardized Mortality Ratios,

Learning Disability,

Temporal Lobectomy

© 2008 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 22 (2008): Issue 9