Factors affecting the quality of life in childhood epilepsy in China

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-173

  Yong, L ^a   Chengye, J ^a   Jiong, Q ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Brain disorder; Child; China; Epilepsy; Factor; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CAREER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; ONSET AGE; PARENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645225192     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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