School performance of Nigerian adolescents with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Adewuya, Abiodun O ^a   Oseni, Saheed B A ^b   Okeniyi, John A O ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescents; Childhood; Cross cultural; Epilepsy; Psychopathology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 33645290505     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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