Co-morbidities in people living with epilepsy: Hospital based case-control study from a resource-poor setting

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Babu, C Shyam ^a   Satishchandra, P ^a   Sinha, S ^a   Subbakrishna, D K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Case control; Co morbidity; Epilepsy; Migraine

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPEPSIA; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; OBESITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYPHARMACY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349481309     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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