Seizures and epilepsy in older patients: Evaluation and management

Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 39-52

  Pourmand, Rahman ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STROKE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029967583     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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