New onset seizures in the elderly: Aetiology and prognosis

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 47-49

  Timmons, Suzanne ^a   Sweeney, B ^a   Hyland, M ^a   O'Mahony, D ^a   Twomey, C ^a  

^a Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036305781     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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