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July 10, 2012; 79 (2) Articles

Falls and fractures in patients chronically treated with antiepileptic drugs

Baemisla Shiek Ahmad, Keith David Hill, Terence John O'Brien, Alexandra Gorelik, Natalie Habib, John Dennis Wark
First published June 13, 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f0466
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Falls and fractures in patients chronically treated with antiepileptic drugs
Baemisla Shiek Ahmad, Keith David Hill, Terence John O'Brien, Alexandra Gorelik, Natalie Habib, John Dennis Wark
Neurology Jul 2012, 79 (2) 145-151; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f0466

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vol. 79 no. 2 145-151
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f0466
PubMed: 
22700806

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received June 13, 2011
  • Accepted December 8, 2011
  • First Published June 13, 2012.

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Author Disclosures

    1. Baemisla Shiek Ahmad, MD,
    2. Keith David Hill, PhD,
    3. Terence John O'Brien, MD,
    4. Alexandra Gorelik, MSc,
    5. Natalie Habib, PhD and
    6. John Dennis Wark, PhD
  1. Baemisla Shiek Ahmad, MD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers’ Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. Dr Baemisla receives support for her PhD from University of Malaya; Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  3. Keith David Hill, PhD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers’ Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, 2011-12; NHMRC project grant; , 2011-2014

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Skobie MacKinnon Fund

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  5. Terence John O'Brien, MD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Janssen-Cilag, Chair, Neurolept advisory board, 2008

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. UCB Pharma, speaker honoraria; Sanofi, speaker honoraria; Sigen, speaker honoraria

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Epilepsia (2007-9); Journal of Clinical Neuroscience; ; Epilepsy and Behavior;

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. Educational symposia:; Janssen-Cilag 2008&9; Sanofi-Aventis 2009

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers’ Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. UCB; Abbott

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NHMRC Project grants (Australia) 2008-11

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. RMH Neuroscience Foundation, NARSAD 08, 09; Epilepsy Research Foundation 2009

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  7. Alexandra Gorelik, MSc,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers’ Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  9. Natalie Habib, PhD and
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers’ Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  11. John Dennis Wark, PhD
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Amgen/GSK; Novartis; Lactopharma

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. (1.) Servier, travel grant for conference and investigator meeting attendance; Servier, speaker honoraria; Amgen, speaker honoraria; Novartis, speaker honoraria; Sanofi-Aventis, speaker honoraria; Eli Lilly, speaker honoraria; Merck, Sharp and Dohme, speaker honoraria

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Clinical Science, specialist editor, 1999 - 2008 2. Osteoporosis International, editorial board member, 2005 - current; Journal of Osteoporosis, editorial board member, 2008 - current

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. Physical Activity and Bone Health, Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, 2001

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Vactec; AstraZeneca Speakers’ Bureaus:; Servier; Amgen; Novartis; Sanofi-Aventis; Eli Lilly; Merck, Sharp and Dohme

    Speakers’ Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. Royal Melbourne Hospital Bone Densitometry Unit, bone densitry testing, 10%, 1988 - present

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. Novartis; UCB Pharma; Sanofi-Aventis; Eli Lilly

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, multiple grants, chief investigator, 2009 - present; Victorian Cancer Agency, chief investigator, 2010 - present; ANZ Trustees, investigator, 2009 - 2010

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. Monash University; LaTrobe University

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  1. From the Department of Medicine (B.S.A., T.J.O., N.H., J.D.W.), Department of Neurology (T.J.O.), and Melbourne EpiCentre (A.G.), Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria; Musculoskeletal Research Centre and School of Physiotherapy (K.D.H.), La Trobe University and Northern Health, Bundoora, Victoria; National Ageing Research Institute (K.D.H.), Parkville, Victoria; The Royal Melbourne Hospital Bone and Mineral Service (J.D.W.), Parkville, Victoria; School of Physiotherapy (K.D.H.), Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; and Department of Physiology (B.S.A.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  1. Correspondence & reprint requests to Dr. Wark: jdwark{at}unimelb.edu.au
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