Quality of life of adolescents suffering from epilepsy living in the community

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-113

  Benavente Aguilar, I ^a   Morales Blanquez C ^b   Rubio, E A ^b   Rey, J M ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Northern Sydney Local Health Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 1842610648     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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