Compliance with appointments and medications in a pediatric neurology clinic at a University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 969-974

  Al Faris, Eiad A ^a   Abdulghani, Hamza M ^a,b   Mahdi, Awad H ^a   Salih, Mustafa A ^a   Al Kordi, Ahmad G ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Compliance and appointment; Epilepsy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SATISFACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SIDE EFFECT; TELEPHONE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0036700714     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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