Major depression is a risk factor for seizures in older adults

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 246-249

  Hesdorffer, Dale C ^a,b,e   Hauser, W Allen ^a,b,c   Annegers, John F ^c,d   Cascino, Gregory ^f  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033950568     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200002)47:2<246::AID-ANA17>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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