Clinically important change in quality of life in epilepsy.

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Published in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry on August 01, 2002

Authors

S Wiebe1, S Matijevic, M Eliasziw, P A Derry

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. swiebe@uwo.ca

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