Caregiver burden in epilepsy: determinants and impact.

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Published in Epilepsy Res Treat on April 08, 2014

Authors

Ioannis Karakis1, Andrew J Cole2, Georgia D Montouris3, Marta San Luciano4, Kimford J Meador5, Charitomeni Piperidou6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2: MGH Epilepsy Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
3: Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
4: Department of Neurology, University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
5: Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA ; Department of Neurology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
6: Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

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