New-onset geriatric epilepsy care: Race, setting of diagnosis, and choice of antiepileptic drug

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1085-1093

  Hope, Omotola A ^b   Zeber, John E ^a,c   Kressin, Nancy R ^d,e   Bokhour, Barbara G ^d,f   Vancott, Anne C ^g,h   Cramer, Joyce A ^i,j   Amuan, Megan E ^d   Knoefel, Janice E ^k,l   Pugh, Mary Jo ^a,m  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Epilepsy Therapy Project   (United States)

^k NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ethnicity; Geriatric epilepsy treatment; Healthcare quality; Medical specialties; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65549159676     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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