Personality development in the context of intractable epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-72

  Wilson, Sarah J ^a,b   Wrench, Joanne M ^a   McIntosh, Anne M ^a,b   Bladin, Peter F ^b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449120275     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2008.532     Document Type: Article

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