Quality of life after surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy: A 5-year follow-up

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-510

  Cunha, Inês ^a   Oliveira, Jorge ^b  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

QOL 31 questionnaire; Quality of life; Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOSURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952236197     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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