What are the concerns of older adults living with epilepsy?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 297-300

  Martin, Roy ^a,b   Vogtle, Laura ^a,b   Gilliam, Frank ^a,b   Faught, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Older adults; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG COST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 23844493382     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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