An insight into children's and adolescents' experience of seizures and epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-316

  Galletti, Franco ^a   Rinna, Anna ^a   Acquafondata, Celeste ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Epilepsy; Individual feelings; Qualitative methods; Seizure experience

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; EXISTENTIALISM; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0031718124     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80024-1     Document Type: Article

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