The health status of adults with epilepsy compared with that of people without chronic conditions

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1 I, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Wagner, Anita K ^a   Bungay, Kathleen M ^a   Kosinski, Mark ^a   Bromfield, Edward B ^b   Ehrenberg, Bruce L ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030021450     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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