A health-related quality of life instrument for patients evaluated for epilepsy surgery

Medical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 299-319

  Vickrey, Barbara G ^a   Hays, Ron D ^b   Graber, Jason ^a   Rausch, Rebecca ^a   Engel, Jerome ^a   Brook, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0026847153     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199204000-00002     Document Type: Article

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