Antiepileptic drug utilization in children from 1997-2005 - a study from the Netherlands
Objective To investigate the utilization of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in Dutch children and compare this with guidelines on the treatment of epilepsy in children. Method From the Dutch Interaction Database (IADB. nl) we selected children aged 0-19 years who received at least one prescription for an AED (ATC-code beginning with N03A) between 1997 and 2005. We calculated cumulative incidences and prevalences per 1000 children per year, stratified by age-category, sex and type of AED, and the total number of months each patient received at least one prescription of AEDs, and we counted the numbe... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2008 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | van de Vrie-Hoekstra , N W , de Vries , T W , van den Berg , P B , Brouwer , O F & de Jong-van den Berg , L T W 2008 , ' Antiepileptic drug utilization in children from 1997-2005 - a study from the Netherlands ' , European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology , vol. 64 , no. 10 , pp. 1013-1020 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-008-0480-z |
| Schlagwörter: | Antiepileptics / Children / Drug use / Pharmacoepidemiology / EPILEPSY / POPULATION / PHENYTOIN / SEIZURES |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26825481 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/6a359836-c401-4b42-9835-802e813bfc71 |
