The complexity of treatments for persons with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 679-686

  Yeager, Katherine A ^a   DiIorio, Colleen ^a   Shafer, Patricia Osborne ^b   McCarty, Frances ^a   Letz, Richard ^a   Henry, Thomas ^c   Schomer, Donald L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Complexity; Drug therapy; Epilepsy; Self management

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PILL; SAMPLING; TABLET FORMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 29544435854     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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