Psychosocial outcomes in children two years after epilepsy surgery: Has anything changed?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 634-641

  Elliott, Irene M ^a   Lach, Lucyna ^b   Kadis, Darren S ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy surgery; Psychosocial outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43349096430     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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