Health-related quality of life in youth: A comparison between adolescents and young adults with uncomplicated epilepsy and healthy controls

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-258

  Räty, Lena K A ^a,b   Wilde Larsson, Bodil M ^b   Söderfeldt, Birgitta A ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Epilepsy; Gender differences; Health; Quality of life; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0141569323     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00101-0     Document Type: Article

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