Factors associated with quality of life of patients with epilepsy attending a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata, India

Neurology Asia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  Sinha, Abhik ^a   Sanyal, Debasish ^b   Mallik, Sarmila ^b   Sengupta, Prasenjit ^c   Dasgupta, Samir ^c  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Midnapur Medical College   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN EPILEPSY 9 QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 79954499523     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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