Drug adherence of patients with epilepsy in Iran: the effects of the international economic sanctions

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 151-155

  Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a,b   Tavana, Bita ^a   Tavana, Bahareh ^a   Emami, Mehrdad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Drug adherence; Economic sanctions; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944705251     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: 22402993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-015-0545-6     Document Type: Article

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