Long-term seizures and quality of life after epilepsy surgery compared with matched controls

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-334

  Stavem, Knut ^a   Bjørnæs, Helge ^b   Langmoen, Iver A ^c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b National Centre for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Health status; Health related quality of life; Partial epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN EPILEPSY INVENTORY 89; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749110865     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000315999.58022.1c     Document Type: Article

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