Epilepsy - A guide to medical treatment 2: Non-drug aspects

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 461-468

  Wallace, S J ^a   Binnie, C D ^b   Brown, S W ^c   Duncan, J S ^d   McKee, P ^e   Ridsdale, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Little Plumstead Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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