Pre- and postoperative socioeconomic development of 151 patients with focal epilepsies

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1330-1337

  Lendt, Michael ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^a   Elger, Christian Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment; Epilepsy; Neuropsychological Outcome; Socioeconomic Development; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031441284     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb00071.x     Document Type: Article

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