Psychological profiles in patients with medically refractory epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 304-309

  Watten, Veslemøy P ^c   Watten, Reidulf G ^a,b  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Personality; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0033180004     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0294     Document Type: Article

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