Health-related quality of life in adolescents with well-controlled epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-575

  Stevanovic, Dejan ^a  

^a Health Care Center

Author keywords

Adolescents; Health related quality of life; QOLIE AD 48; Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory for Adolescents 48; Well controlled epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MONOTHERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 34248650433     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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