Quality of life research in adults with epilepsy in Japan

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages

  Kugoh, Toshiaki ^a,b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031777980     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0149-2918(98)80024-6     Document Type: Article

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