Health-related quality of life in childhood epilepsy: The results of children's participation in identifying the components

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 554-559

  Ronen, Gabriel M ^a   Rosenbaum, Peter ^a   Law, Mary ^a   Streiner, David L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032808439     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001176     Document Type: Article

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