A retrospective study on the usage of antiepileptic drugs in Asian children from 2000 to 2009 in the largest pediatric hospital in Singapore

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1074-1080

  Tan, Wei Wei ^a,b   Kong, Sing Teang ^a   Chan, Derrick W S ^b   Ho, Paul C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Drug utilization; Pediatrics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Seizure control; Therapeutic drug monitoring; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ASIA; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PRESCRIPTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84867139080     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3293     Document Type: Article

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