The Influence of Comorbid Depression on Seizure Severity

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1578-1584

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a   Blum, David ^b   Reed, Michael ^c   Fanning, Kristina ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c VEDANTA RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Postictal; Seizures; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346103731     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2003.28403.x     Document Type: Review

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