Incidence of fractures among epilepsy patients: a population-based retrospective cohort study in the General Practice Research Database.

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Published in Epilepsia on February 01, 2005

Authors

Patrick C Souverein1, David J Webb, Hans Petri, John Weil, Tjeerd P Van Staa, Toine Egberts

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. P.C.Souverein@pharm.uu.nl

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