Measuring treatment outcomes for individuals with severe learning disabilities and epilepsy
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Measuring treatment outcomes for individuals with severe learning disabilities and epilepsy
s 425 Measuring treatment outcomes for individuals with severe learning disabilities and epilepsy Brandon Hayward & Mike Kerr South West Cardiff C.S.1, 30, Riverside Terrace, E/y, Cardiff, CF5 5AS, UK Epilepsy is a significant co-morbidity in learning disability and a source of considerable health loss. The prevalence of epilepsy in severe learning disability, i.e. those individuals with IQs of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/s1059-1311(05)80027-5