Factors influencing compliance with antiepileptic drug regimes

Seizure

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-93

  Buck, Deborah ^a   Jacoby, Ann ^a   Baker, Gus A ^b   Chadwick, David W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Compliance; Epilepsy; Health care

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPILEPSY; FATIGUE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0030978056     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80060-X     Document Type: Article

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