Epileptic Disorders
MENUAntiepileptic drug adherence and persistence in children with epilepsy attending a large tertiary care children's hospital Volume 18, issue 4, December 2016
Authors
Aim
1 College of Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Hanyang University, Gyeonggi-do,
2 Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul,
3 Division of Pediatric Neurology Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
* Correspondence: Ju-Yeun Lee
College of Pharmacy,
Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology,
Hanyang University,
55 Hanyangdaehak-ro,
Sangnok-gu,
Ansan Gyeonggi-do 15588,
South Korea
- Key words: persistence, adherence, antiepileptic drug, children, breakthrough seizures, emergency, newly diagnosed epilepsy
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2016.0871
- Page(s) : 408-17
- Published in: 2016
We aimed to evaluate antiepileptic drug treatment persistence and adherence in paediatric epilepsy patients and investigate the association between medication-taking behaviours and clinical outcome.