Dispensing epilepsy medication: A method of determining the frequency of symptomatic individuals with seizures

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1061-1068

  Shackleton, D P ^a,b   Westendorp, R G J ^a   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenite D G A ^b   De Boer, A ^c   Herings, R M C ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Antiepileptic drugs; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030848669     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00116-9     Document Type: Article

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