Intractable childhood epilepsy and maternal fatigue

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-310

  Jan, Mohammed M S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMOTIONALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33748447105     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100005187     Document Type: Article

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