Marital status after epilepsy surgery

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1755-1760

  Carran, Melissa A ^b   Kohler, Christian G ^c   O'Connor, Michael J ^a,b   Cloud, Blaine ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Gender; Marital status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0005041450     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01594.x     Document Type: Article

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