References
- Perucca E, Covanis A, Dua T. Commentary: epilepsy is a global problem. Epilepsia. 2014; 55(9):1326-1328. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Chin JH. Epilepsy treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: closing the gap. Afr Heal Sci. 2012; 12(2):186 -192. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Hunter E, Rogathi J, Chigudu S, Jusabani A, Jackson M, McNally R, Gray W, Whittaker RG, Iqbal A, Birchall D, Aris E, Walker R. Prevalence of active epilepsy in rural Tanzania: a large community-based survey in an adult population. Seizure. 2012; 21(9): 691-698. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Almu Sh, Tadesse Z, Cooper P, Hackett R. The prevalence of epilepsy in the Zay Society, Ethiopia-An area of high prevalence. Seizure. 2006;15(3): 211-213. PubMed | Google Scholar
- World Health Organization. Atlas: epilepsy care
in the world. WHO, Geneva; 200 (at:http://www.who.int/mental_health/neurology/neurogy_atlas_lr.pdf)
accessed on April 19, 2016. Google
Scholar
- Mebrouk Y, Chettati M, Kissani N. L'épilepsie au Maroc, réalités et perspectives. NAMEEJ. 2012 ; 1(2) : 5-9. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Podell M. Antiepileptic Drug Therapy and Monitoring. Topics in Compan An Med. 2013; 28(2): 59-66. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Sirmagul B, Atli O, Ilgin S. The effect of combination therapy on the plasma concentrations of traditional antiepileptics: A retrospective study. Human and Experimental Toxicology. 2012;31(10): 971-980. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Modi AC, Rausch JR, Glauser TA. Patterns of Nonadherence to Antiepileptic Drug Therapy in Children With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy. JAMA. 2011 April 27;305(16):1669-1676. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Brandt C, Baumann P, Eckermann G, Hiemke C, May TW, Rambeck B, Pohlmann-Eden B. Therapeutic drug monitoring in Epileptologie and Psychiatrie. Nervenarzt. 2008;79(2):167-174. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Patsalos PhN, Berry DJ, Bourgeois BFD, Cloyd JC, Glauser TA, Johannessen SJ, Leppik IE, Tomson T, Perucca E. Antiepileptic drugs'best practice guidelines for therapeutic drug monitoring: a position paper by the subcommission on therapeutic drug monitoring, ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies. Epilepsia. 2008;49(7):1239-1276. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Tomson T, Johannessen SI. Therapeutic monitoring of the new antiepileptic drugs. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2000; 55(10): 697-705. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Eadie MJ. Therapeutic drug monitoring - antiepileptic drugs. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1998; 46(3):185-193. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Matar K M, Nicholls PJ, Tekle AB, Saleh A, Al-Hassan
M. Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Six Antiepileptic
Drugs and Two Metabolites in Microsamples of Human
Plasma. Ther Drug Monit. October
1999;21(5): 559. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Aït Moussa L, Khassouani CE, Soulaymani R. Therapeutic
isoniazid monitoring using a simple high-performance
liquid chromatographic method with ultraviolet detection.
J Chromatogr B. 2002;766(1):181-187. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Mandrioli R, Albani F, Casamenti G, Sabbioni C, Raggi MA. Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatography determination of carbamazepine and five of its metabolites in plasma of epileptic patients. Journal of Chromatography B. 2001; 762 (2): 109-116. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Dordevic S, Kilibarda V, Stojanovic T. Determination
of carbamazepine in serum and saliva samples by high
performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. Vojnosanit
Pregl. 2009;66(5):347-352. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Rahman F, Ahmed Abdelrahim HE, Mohamed Ibrahim MI. A survey of therapeutic drug monitoring services in Malaysia. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 2013; 21(1): 19-24. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Dahiya K, Bansal P, Ghalaut VS, Dhankhar R, Ghalaut PS. Therapeutic drug monitoring for antiepileptic drugs using HPLC: an experience at a tertiary care hospital in India. Neurology Asia. 2010; 15(3): 233-237. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Fortuna A, Sousa J, Alves G, Falcao A, Soares-da-Silva
P. Development and validation of an HPLC-UV method for the simultaneous
quantification of carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, eslicarbazepine acetate
and their main metabolites in human plasma. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2010;
397(4):1605-1615. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Shibata M, Hashi S, Nakanishi H, Masuda S, Katsura
T, Yano I. Detection of 22 antiepileptic drugs by ultraperformance liquid
chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry applicable to routine
therapeutic drug monitoring. Biomed Chromatogr. 2012; 26(12):1519-1528. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Kissani N. Situation de l'épilepsie dans la région
Nord Afrique et Moyen orient et Printemps Arabe. NAMEEJ. 2012;1(1):5-9. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Mebrouk Y, Chettati M, Kissani N. L'épilepsie au
Maroc, réalités et perspectives. NAMEEJ. 2012;1(2):5-9. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Louhab N, Jafoui M, Stoti N, Kissani N. Prospective
evaluation of traditional practices for epileptic patients of Marrakech.
Epilepsia. 2005; 46(Suppl 6):356. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Belfkih R, Souirti Z, Belahsen F, Messouak O. L'épilepsie
dans la région de Fès-Boulmane, Suivi prospectif d'une cohorte de 60
patients. NAMEEJ. 2012;1(4):19-22. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Mathew BS, Fleming DH, Thomas M, Prabha R, Saravanakumar
K. An initial experience with therapeutic drug monitoring
of levetiracetam as reported from a pediatric clinical setting in India.
Neurology India.
2012;60(2):146-149. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Perucca E, Berlowitz D, Birnbaum A, Cloyd JC, Garrard J, Hanlon JT, Levy RH, Pugh MJ. Pharmacological and clinical aspects of antiepileptic drug use in the elderly. Epilepsy Research. 2006; 68S: S49-63. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Bassili A, Omar T, Zaki A, Abdel-fattah M, Tognoni G. Pattern of diagnostic and therapeutic care of childhood epilepsy in Alexandria, Egypt. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2002; 14(4):277-284. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Soldin OP, Soldin SJ. Review: therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatrics. Ther Drug Monit. 2002; 24(1):1-8. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Battino D, Croci D, Rossini A, Messina S, Mamoli D, Perucca E. Serum Carbamazepine Concentrations in Elderly Patients: a case-matched pharmacokinetic evaluation based on therapeutic drug monitoring data. Epilepsia. 2003; 44(7): 923-929. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Battino D, Croci D, Rossini A, Messina S, Mamoli
D, Perucca E. Topiramate pharmacokinetics in children and adults with
epilepsy: a case-matched comparison based on therapeutic drug monitoring
data. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2005;44(4):407-416. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Patsalos PhN, Berry DJ, Bourgeois BFD, Cloyd JC,
Glauser TA, Johannessen SJ, Leppik IE, Tomson T, Perucca E. Antiepileptic
drugs'best practice guidelines for therapeutic drug monitoring: a position
paper by the subcommission on therapeutic drug monitoring, ILAE Commission
on Therapeutic Strategies. Epilepsia. 2008; 49(7): 1239-1276. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- EL Desoky ES, Sabarinath SN, Hamdi MM, Bewernitz
M, Derendorf H. Population pharmacokinetics of steady-state carbamazepine
in Egyptian epilepsy patients. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
2012;37(3): 352-355. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Milovanovic JR, Jankovic SM. Population pharmacokinetics of lamotrigine in patients with epilepsy. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2009; 47(12):752-760. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Koristkova B, Grundmann M, Brozmanova H. Differences
between prescribed daily doses and defined daily doses of antiepileptics-therapeutic
drug monitoring as a marker of the quality of the treatment. International
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2006;44(9):438-442. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Perucca E. Current Trends in Antiepileptic Drug
Therapy. Epilepsia. 2003;44(S4):41-47. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Eadie MJ. Therapeutic drug monitoring ± antiepileptic
drugs. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2001;52(suppl 1):S11-20. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Sirmagul B, Atli O, Ilgin S. The effect of combination
therapy on the plasma concentrations of traditional
antiepileptics: a retrospective study. Human and Experimental Toxicology.
2012;31(10):971-980. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Landmark CJ, Johannessen SI, Tomson T. Host factors
affecting antiepileptic drug delivery-Pharmacokinetic
variability. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 2012;64(10):896-910. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Atl'O, Ilgin S, Sirmagul B. The effect of polytherapy
on serum concentrations of traditional antiepileptics:
a retrospective study. Toxicology Letters. 2011;205S:S160-179. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Patsalos PhN, Perucca E. Clinically important drug
interactions in epilepsy: general features and interactions
between antiepileptic drugs. Lancet Neurology. 2003;2(6):347-356. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Fukuoka N, Tsukamoto T, Uno J, Kimura M, Morita Sh. Effects of concomitant antiepileptic drugs on serum carbamazepine concentration in epileptic patients: quantitative analysis based on extracellular water volume as a transforming factor. Yakugaku Zasshi. 2003; 123(1):35-42. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Specht U, Elsner H, May TW, Schimichowski B, Thorbecke
R. Postictal serum levels of antiepileptic drugs for
detection of noncompliance. Epilepsy Behav. 2003;4(5):487-495. PubMed | Google
Scholar
- Shakya G, Malla S, Shakya KN, Shrestha R. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antiepileptic Drugs. J Nepal Med Assoc. 2008; 47(171):94-97. PubMed | Google Scholar
- Langan Y, Sander JWAS. Sudden unexpected death in patients with epilepsy definition, epidemiology and therapeutic implications. CNS Drugs. 2000;13(5):337-350. PubMed | Google Scholar