Seizure control in patients with epilepsy: The physician vs. medication factors

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a   Rackley, Angela Y ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^b   Szaflarski, Magdalena ^c   Yates, Stephen L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849118948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-264     Document Type: Article

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