Quality of life of patients with epilepsy in Malaysia

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-109

  Mohamed, Salina ^a   Gill, Jesjeet Singh ^b   Tan, Chong Tin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894326208     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2012.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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