Quality of life in young people with treatment-responsive epilepsy: A controlled study

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 623-626

  Eddy, C M ^a,b   Rizzo, R ^c   Gulisano, M ^c   Cali P ^c   Robertson, M M ^d,e   Cavanna, A E ^a,b,f  

^a BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Controlled seizures; Epilepsy; Quality of life; Self perception

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; OCCIPITAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PARIETAL EPILEPSY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78649961656     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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