Patients' experiences of injury as a result of epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-444

  Buck, Deborah ^a   Baker, Gus A ^b   Jacoby, Ann ^a   Smith, David F ^b   Chadwick, David W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Burns; Dental injury; Epilepsy; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH INJURY; WELLBEING;

ACCIDENTS; BURNS; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; JAW FRACTURES; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH INJURIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030938880     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01733.x     Document Type: Article

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