[Death in an epileptic seizure].
In this report we present of the last 11 years the forensic postmortem examinations with the diagnosis "death caused by epileptic seizures". Particular attention was paid to cases in which the epileptic seizure lead to an injury and those in which the seizure was the base for a following accident and for death. The diagnosis problem will be discussed.
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Freien Universität Berlin.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
Tod im epileptischen Anfall.