Two judicial autopsy cases of sudden unexpected natural death
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MINI-SYMPOSIUM: THE AUTOPSY IN SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ADULT DEATH The autopsy in sudden unexpected adult death: Epilepsy
ee front matter & 2007 dip.2007.05.004 7676 2196; fax: +44 20 7 ess: [email protected] Summary There are up to 500 epilepsy-related deaths annually in the UK, many of which are unwitnessed. Likely mechanisms for sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) are cerebrogenic cardiac arrhythmias, or central respiratory depression occurring during the peri-ictal period. Pathologists should be inf...
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عنوان ژورنال: Okayama Igakkai Zasshi (Journal of Okayama Medical Association)
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0030-1558,1882-4528
DOI: 10.4044/joma1947.113.3_241