First ever seizures in the elderly: A seven-year follow-up study

Seizure

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-110

  Thomas, Sanjeev V ^a   Pradeep Kumar, S ^a   Rajmohan, S J ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aged; Epilepsy; Geriatrics; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0030915619     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(97)80063-5     Document Type: Article

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