Factors associated with behavioral problems in children with idiopathic epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 104-112

  Dafoulis, Vaios ^a   Kalyva, Efrosini ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Idiopathic epilepsy; Parent proxy reports; Pediatric; Predictors; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861531652     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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