Comparison between the QOLIE-31 and derived QOLIE-10 in a clinical trial of levetiracetam

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-38

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a   Arrigo, Celestina ^b   Van Hammée, Geneviève ^b   Bromfield, Edward B ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Levetiracetam; QOLIE 10; QOLIE 31; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANXIETY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; PLACEBOS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033892731     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(00)00127-3     Document Type: Article

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