Use of antiepileptic drugs in nursing home residents;Bruk av antiepileptika hos sykehjemsbeboere

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1185-1187

  Rytter, Elisif ^a   Nakken, Karl O ^a   Mørch Reiersen, Lisa T ^b   Efjestad, Anne ^b   Selvig, Kirsten ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Habilitation Services for Asker og Bærum   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 34247862331     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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