Medline ® Abstract for Reference 50
of 'Driving restrictions for patients with seizures and epilepsy'
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Factors associated with poor compliance of patients with epilepsy driving restrictions.
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Polychronopoulos P, Argyriou AA, Huliara V, Sirrou V, Gourzis P, Chroni E
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Neurology. 2006;67(5):869.
The authors sought to identify factors associated with poor compliance with driving restrictions due to a diagnosis of epilepsy. They compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of 60 patients with epilepsy who, despite the authors' recommendation, continued to drive, with those of 60 age- and sex-matched epileptic patients who refrained from driving. The results showed that patients with epilepsy do not comply with driving restrictions, mainly for employment-related reasons.
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Department of Neurology, University of Patras Medical School, 26504, Rion-Patras, Greece. ppolychr@yahoo.gr
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