Psychosocial effects and evaluation of the health-related quality of life in patients suffering from well-controlled epilepsy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 310-313

  Argyriou, Andreas A ^a,b   Papapetropoulos, Spiridon ^b   Polychronopoulos, Panagiotis ^b   Corcondilas, Mihail ^a   Argyriou, Konstantinos ^a   Heras, Panagiotis ^a  

^a General Hospital of Kos Island   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Psychosocial effects; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642309572     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0313-7     Document Type: Article

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