Adherence to Antiepileptic Therapy in Adults

Context: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting 70 million worldwide. The high incidence of relapse can be attributed to nonadherence, thus increasing the incidence of refractory epilepsy to 10%–20%. Aims: This study was planned to determine rate of adherence and factors affecting adherence u...

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Main Authors: Sowmya Chinnaiyan, Sarala Narayana, Venkatarathnamma Puttappa Nanjappa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_392_16