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8 - Quality of Life and the Stigma of Epilepsy

from Section 3 - Consequences of Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2017

By
Alla B. Guekht
Edited by
Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy ,
Simon D. Shorvon  and
Steven C. Schachter
Ennapadam S. Krishnamoorthy
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurological Sciences, Chennai
Simon D. Shorvon
Affiliation:
University College London
Steven C. Schachter
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
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Epilepsy
A Global Approach
 , pp. 37 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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