Quality of life of people with epilepsy in Iran, the Gulf, and Near East

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-140

  Baker, Gus A ^a   Jacoby, Ann ^b   Gorry, Joanne ^b   Doughty, Julie ^c   Ellina, Veronica ^d  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gulf and near east regions; Impact; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUTH DISEASE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RESTLESSNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ARABS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 13144250118     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.20704.x     Document Type: Article

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