Long-term social outcomes for children with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2007, Pages 3-5

  Camfield, Carol S ^a,b   Camfield, Peter R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Long term follow up; Population based; Prognosis; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; FINLAND; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NOVA SCOTIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 36649028714     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01390.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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