Availability and costs of antiepileptic drugs and quality of phenobarbital in Vientiane Municipality, Lao PDR

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-174

  Odermatt, Peter ^a,b   Ly, Sowath ^a   Simmala, Chansimmaly ^a   Angerth, Tomas ^a   Phongsamouth, Vonphrachane ^a   Mac, Tu Luong ^c   Ratsimbazafy, Voa ^c   Gaulier, Jean Michel ^c   Strobel, Michel ^a   Preux, Pierre Marie ^c  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Lao PDR; Phenobarbital; Quality of drugs; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; GENERIC DRUG; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TABLET;

ANTICONVULSANTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; PHARMACIES; PHENOBARBITAL;

EID: 34548354998     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103270     Document Type: Article

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