Considerations in the management of epilepsy in the elderly

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 33-37

  Blume, Warren T ^a   Harris, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Elderly; Epilepsy; Management

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIMETIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DILTIAZEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOXETINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PAROXETINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY; FATIGUE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRRITABILITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; STROKE; SUPPORT GROUP; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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