Use of Antiepileptic Medications In Nursing Homes

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2007, Pages 165-182

  Garrard, Judith ^a   Harms, Susan L ^a   Eberly, Lynn E ^a   Leppik, Ilo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 34047212741     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81010-X     Document Type: Review

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