Marital status of patients with epilepsy with special reference to the influence of epileptic seizures on the patient's married life

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2004, Pages 33-36

  Wada, Kazumaru ^a   Iwasa, Hiroto ^a   Okada, Motohiro ^a   Kawata, Yuko ^a   Murakami, Takuya ^a   Kamata, Akihisa ^a   Zhu, Gang ^a   Osanai, Takao ^a   Kato, Takuhiko ^a   Kaneko, Sunao ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Divorce; Epilepsy; Job; Marriage; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WORK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 10644271565     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.458011.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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