Seizure impact on the school attendance in children with epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 698-702

  Aguiar, Bruno Vinicius Kouhiro ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   McBrian, Danielle ^b   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy; School

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIBLING; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEIZURES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 35548993190     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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