Cognitive functioning in community dwelling older adults with chronic partial epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 298-303

  Martin, Roy C ^a   Griffith, H Randall ^b   Faught, Edward ^a   Gilliam, Frank ^c   Mackey, Melissa ^a   Vogtle, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic medication; Cognition; Mood; Older adults; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

AFFECT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 13244281547     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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