Sociodemographic factors associated with the first administration of anti-seizure medication in patients with focal epilepsy in Western China

Abstract Background Epilepsy is a severe chronic neurologic disease with a prevalence of 0.7% worldwide; anti-seizure medications (ASMs) are the mainstay of epilepsy treatment. The effects of sociodemographic factors on the characteristics of initial treatment in patients with newly diagnosed focal...

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Main Authors: Qiong Zhu, Yi Guo, Shuai Ma, Lili Yang, Zhonghua Lin, Hongbin Sun, Guangzong Li, Liang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Neurology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-021-02282-w