Recommendation of early surgery from the viewpoint of daily quality of life

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 33-36

  Mihara, Tadahiro ^a   Inoue, Yushi ^a   Matsuda, Kazumi ^a   Tottori, Takayasu ^a   Otsubo, Toshiaki ^a   Watanabe, Yutaka ^a   Hiyoshi, Toshio ^a   Kubota, Yuko ^a   Yagi, Kazuichi ^a   Seino, Masakazu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA INSTITUTE OF EPILEPSY AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neurosurgery; Outcome assessment; Social adjustment; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8944246322     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01817.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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3. Mihara T, Matsuda K, Tottori T, et al. Surgical treatment of epilepsy in the comprehensive care program: advantages and considerations. Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol 1990;44:275-81.
4. Inoue Y, Mihara T, Seino M. Timing of epilepsy surgery: its relevance for psychosocial rehabilitation. In: Tuxhorn I, Holthausen H, Boenigk H, eds. Pediatric epilepsy surgery. London: John Libbey (in press).