Comparative survey of comorbidities in people with learning disability with and without epilepsy

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 224-226

  Pawar, Deepak G ^a   Akuffo, Emmanuel O ^a  

^a NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASSAULT; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 44949252987     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.107.018234     Document Type: Article

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