Quality of life in 1931 adult patients with epilepsy: Seizures do not tell the whole story

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 723-727

  Jehi, Lara ^a   Tesar, George ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy ^a   Novak, Eric ^a   Najm, Imad ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Depression; Driving; Electronic medical record; Epilepsy; Outcomes; Public health; Quality of life; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN EPILEPSY QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955189795     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.08.039     Document Type: Article

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