Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents with epilepsy in Northern Jordan

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 483-488

  Hussein, M J ^a   El Qaderi, Saleh ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWSINESS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMNOLENCE; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036901735     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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