The Consequences of Uncontrolled Epilepsy

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Sperling, Michael R ^a,b,c  

^a Baldwin Keyes Dept of Neurology   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 1642460797     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900008464     Document Type: Review

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