Women with epilepsy have poorer knowledge and skills in child rearing than women without epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 575-579

  Saramma, P P ^a   Sarma, P S ^a   Thomas, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Child rearing knowledge; Epilepsy; Gender; Kerala Registry of Epilepsy and Pregnancy (KREP); Outcome; Practice; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; PARITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD REARING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN;

EID: 79960926640     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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