The challenge of epilepsy control in deprived settings: low compliance and high fatality rates during a community-based phenobarbital program in rural Laos

Epilepsia. 2008 Mar;49(3):539-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01529_3.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
  • Community Mental Health Services / economics
  • Community Mental Health Services / methods*
  • Community Mental Health Services / statistics & numerical data
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / drug therapy*
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / epidemiology
  • Epilepsy, Generalized / mortality
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Health Care Costs
  • Humans
  • Laos / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Mortality
  • Patient Compliance
  • Patient Dropouts
  • Phenobarbital / therapeutic use*
  • Prevalence
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Phenobarbital