Determinants of quality of life in patients with refractory focal epilepsy who were not eligible for surgery or who rejected surgery

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-255

  Elsharkawy, Alaa Eldin ^a,b   Thorbecke, Rupprecht ^a   Ebner, Alois ^a   May, Theodor W ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Long term seizure outcome; Presurgical monitoring; Quality of life; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PESOS QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861339203     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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