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Purpose: We studied geographic variation in age‐ and gender‐specific prevalence and incidence of epilepsy in four different areas of Taiwan.
Methods: By using large‐scale, National Health Insurance (NHI)–based data from 2000–2003 in Taiwan, we identified 131,287 patients diagnosed with epilepsy (ICD code 345) receiving at least of one of 11 antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Information on age, gender,...
Purpose: To estimate the prevalence, incidence, and case-fatality of infantile spasms (IS) in Taiwan.Methods: A retrospective cohort of patients with IS was obtained from one medical center to identify 69 IS cases from 1985 to 1997. This cohort, in conjunction with the claimed data from the National Health Insurance, was used to estimate the prevalence and incidence of IS by capture-recapture design,...
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