Suicide-related events in patients treated with antiepileptic drugs: Not an example of time-window bias

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 876-877

  Arana, Alejandro ^a   Arellano, Felix ^a   Suissa, Samy ^b  

^a Risk MR Pharmacovigilance Services   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING ERROR; SUICIDE; TIME WINDOW BIAS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80053615487     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31823198fc     Document Type: Letter

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