Patient characteristics and treatment patterns in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy: A US database analysis.
CONCLUSION: Although the majority of treated patients received AED monotherapy consistent with guidelines, suboptimal rates of AED treatment and persistence of first-line treatment after initial epilepsy diagnosis suggest that efforts are needed to improve patient care.
PMID: 29906700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - Category: Neurology Authors: Faught E, Helmers S, Thurman D, Kim H, Kalilani L Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research
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