Epilepsy and the adolescent

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-20

  Cross, Helen ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CAR DRIVING; CONTRACEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESTYLE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LIFE STYLE;

EID: 0033994363     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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