Epilepsy in elderly people

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7528, 2005, Pages 1317-1322

  Brodie, Martin J ^a   Kwan, Patrick ^b  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVODOPA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; THEOPHYLLINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIZZINESS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME INDUCTION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; TREMOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 28544431635     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7528.1317     Document Type: Review

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