Psychometric Properties of the German Translation of the QOLIE-31

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 106-114

  May, Theodor W ^a   Pfäfflin, Margarete ^a,b   Cramer, Joyce A ^c  

^a MRT Abteilung   (Germany)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; epilepsy; QOLIE 31; epilepsy related fears; seizure frequency; side effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040970361     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0170     Document Type: Article

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