The quality of life of older people with epilepsy: findings from a UK community study.

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Published in Seizure on March 01, 2001

Authors

G A Baker1, A Jacoby, D Buck, J Brooks, P Potts, D W Chadwick

Author Affiliations

1: bakerrThe Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK. baker-g@wcnn-tr.nwest.nhs.uk

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