Risks of Mortality in New-Onset Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-9-1

Risks of Mortality in New-Onset Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2013

Abstract

Investigators at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and centers in Connecticut, the Netherlands and Nova Scotia, pooled data from 4 large pediatric cohorts and obtained direct estimates of the mortality risk overall and from specific causes of mortality, particularly seizure related SUDEP.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-9-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 65 - 66

Published on: Sep 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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Volume 27 (2013): Issue 9