Paediatric status and off-label use of drugs in children in Italy, United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Pharmaceuticals Policy and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-59

  Sturkenboom, M ^a   Felisi, M ^b   Manfredi, C ^b   Neubert, A ^c   Cantarutti, L ^d   Padula, R ^b   Sen, F ^a   Verhamme, K ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Consorzio per Valutazioni Biologiche e Farmacologiche ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Pedianet Societa' Servizi Telematici SRL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Off label; Prescription; TEDDY

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013576957     PISSN: 13892827     EISSN: 2210495X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/PPL-2009-0210     Document Type: Article

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