Quality of life in young Italian patients with epilepsy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 264-273

  Montanaro, M ^a   Battistella, P A ^a   Boniver, C ^a   Galeone, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Epilepsy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11244269722     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-004-0353-x     Document Type: Article

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