Health status of people with epilepsy compared with a general reference population

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-90

  Stavem, Knut ^a   Loge, Jon Håvard ^b,d   Kaasa, Stein ^c,d  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Health status; Health related quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0033986667     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb01510.x     Document Type: Article

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