Educational and health outcomes of children and adolescents receiving antiepileptic medication: Scotland-wide record linkage study of 766 244 schoolchildren

• Main Authors: Michael Fleming (Author), Catherine A. Fitton (Author), Markus F. C. Steiner (Author), James S. McLay (Author), David Clark (Author), Albert King (Author), Daniel F. Mackay (Author), Jill P. Pell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childhood epilepsy can adversely affect education and employment in addition to health. Previous studies are small or highly selective producing conflicting results. This retrospective cohort study aims to compare educational and health outcomes of children receiving antiepilepti...