Prevalence of epilepsy in the elderly: The Rotterdam study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  De La Court, Annette ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a   Meinardi, Harry ^b   Hauser, W Allen ^c   Hofman, Albert ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Population studies; Prevalence; Screening; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030021196     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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