Epilepsy and EEG in the elderly

Epilepsia

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2002, Pages 94-102

  Van Cott, Anne C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCTV EEG; EEG; Elderly; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 0036284621     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.43.s.3.10.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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