Effects of epilepsy surgery on quality of life: A controlled study in a Middle Eastern population

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-80

  Mikati, Mohamad A ^a   Comair, Youssef ^a   Ismail, Rana ^a   Faour, Rolla ^a   Rahi, Amal C ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; ESI 55; Long term monitoring; Middle Eastern population; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENERGY; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WELLBEING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; LITERATURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REVIEW LITERATURE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542348255     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.10.021     Document Type: Article

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