Women with onset of epilepsy prior to marriage: Disclose or conceal?

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1007-1010

  Santosh, Deetha ^a   Kumar, T Santosh ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Concealment; Disclosure; Epilepsy; India; Marriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DECEPTION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGOTIATING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WOMEN;

EID: 34248580876     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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