Epilepsy needs revisited: A revised epilepsy needs document for the UK

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Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-446

  Brown, Stephen ^a   Betts, Tim ^b   Crawford, Pamela ^c   Hall, Bill ^d   Shorvon, Simon ^e   Wallace, Sheila ^f  

^a Norwich Community Health Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Townhead Surgeries   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Management; Services

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TOXICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032412699     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)80001-0     Document Type: Article

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