Epilepsy in elderly;Altersepilepsie

Nervenarzt

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 110-116

  Peinemann, A ^a   Stefan, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causes; Diagnostics; Epilepsies in elderly; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONFUSION; DRUG MONITORING; EPILEPSY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 0031911856     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050246     Document Type: Review

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