Seizures in Alzheimer's Disease: Clinicopathologic Study

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 230-233

  Mendez, Mario F ^a   Catanzaro, Peter ^a   Doss, Robert C ^a   Arguello, Raul ^a   Frey, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028139308     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879400700407     Document Type: Article

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