Coping with Dravet syndrome: Parental experiences with a catastrophic epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 761-765

  Nolan, Kathleen J ^a   Camfield, Carol S ^a,c   Camfield, Peter R ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRAVET SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 33747161353     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001629     Document Type: Article

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