… Souverein: acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, critical revision of the
manuscript. Schobben: analysis and interpretation of data, critical revision of the manuscript. …

Purpose: To compare the incidence of various fractures in a cohort of patients with epilepsy
with a reference cohort of patients not having epilepsy. Methods: Patients were included in …

Background Treatment with vitamin K antagonists (coumarins) is associated with an increased
risk of bleeding. Because use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is also …

Purpose Studies on drug utilization usually do not allow direct cross‐national comparisons
because of differences in the respective applied methods. This study aimed to compare time …

Background: Recent prognostic studies have shown that previous treatment with statins is
associated with a better outcome in patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Because of …

OBJECTIVES: When constructing drug treatment episodes using drug-dispensing databases,
duration and the number of prescriptions belonging to a single treatment episode need to …

Purpose: To assess the association between exposure to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and the
occurrence of aplastic anemia. Methods: A retrospective case–control study was conducted …

AIM: Both tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
have been associated with an increased risk of fractures. The serotonin transporter (5-HTT…

Aims Patients with idiopathic venous thromboembolism (VTE) have a high recurrence risk
during and after stopping anticoagulant treatment. Several studies suggest that treatment with …

Background Recently, endogenous glucocorticoid excess has been identified as a risk factor
for VTE. Whether exogenous use of glucocorticoids is associated with an increased risk of …