Antiepileptic drug utilization in out-patients - A prescribing pattern study

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 444-445

  Peytchev, L ^a   Atanasova, I ^b   Terziivanov, D ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b Sopharma Pharmaceuticals   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug utilization; DDD; Seizures; Type of drug treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CHILD; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEIZURES; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029849228     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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