Taking over epilepsy from the paediatric neurologist

Neurology in Practice

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Smith, Philip E M ^a   Wallace, Sheila J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG SAFETY; EPILEPSY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFESTYLE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP PATTERN; TERATOGENICITY; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENCE; ANXIETY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT CARE; SELF ESTEEM;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037369998     PISSN: 14737086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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