The use of lamotrigine and other antiepileptic drugs in paediatric patients at a Malaysian hospital

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 403-406

  Rahman, Ab Fatah Ab ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham Mohamed ^a   Ismail, Hussain Imam Mohamed ^b   Seng, Tan Boon ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drugs; Children; Drug costs; Epilepsy; Lamotrigine; Malaysia; Prescribing pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOTHERAPY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYURIA; RASH; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TRIAZINES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 28844480833     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11096-005-7912-y     Document Type: Article

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