Quality of life in medication-resistant epilepsy: The effects of patient's age, age at seizure onset, and disease duration

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 547-551

  Szaflarski, Magdalena ^a,b   Meckler, Jason M ^c   Privitera, Michael D ^c   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Age; Age at onset; Depression; Duration; Epilepsy; Health related quality of life; Mood; Quality of life in epilepsy 89

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646082501     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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