Anti-seizure medication prescription in epilepsy patients in South Korea: A seven-year population-based retrospective cohort study

Epilepsy is a common but serious neurological disease affecting an estimated 50 million people worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of 0.5–1%.[1] Epileptic seizures are caused by dysfunction of neurons and neuronal networks in the brain and are clinically diagnosed after 2 or more unprovoked seizures or with supporting laboratory data.[2] Anti-seizure medication (ASM) is the most widely used treatment for epilepsy.[3]

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