Name of epilepsy, does it matter?

Neurology Asia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-91

  Lim, Kheng Seang ^a   Li, Shi Chuo ^b   Casanova Gutierrez, Josephine ^c   Tan, Chong Tin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b China Association Against Epilepsy   (China)

^c PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; CHINESE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; LANGUAGE; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84863801991     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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