What about us?. Siblings of children with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 610-614

  Tsuchie, Sara Y ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   Chuang, Eunice ^a   Baccin, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY LIFE; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS;

EID: 33750455465     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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