Clinical and demographic characteristics predicting QOL in patients with epilepsy in the Czech Republic: How this can influence practice

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Tlusta, Eva ^a   Zarubova, Jana ^b   Simko, Julius ^c   Hojdikova, Helena ^c   Salek, Sam ^d   Vlcek, Jiri ^a  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^b FAKULTNÍ THOMAYEROVA NEMOCNICE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Epilepsy; QOLIE 31; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60649118350     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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