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Therapeutic monitoring of anti-seizure medications in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

2024-01-31

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<h4>Background: </h4> The treatment gap for epilepsy is large in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and the effectiveness and safety of the available anti-seizure medication (ASMs) is not fully understood. We systematically reviewed available evidence on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of ASM in LMIC. Methods We searched four main databases (PubMed, Psych-Info, CINAHL and Embase) up to 31st December 2020,...

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DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16749.3

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