Incidence of epilepsy in a racially diverse, community-dwelling, elderly cohort: Results from the Einstein aging study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Hussain, S A ^a   Haut, S R ^a   Lipton, R B ^a   Derby, C ^a   Markowitz, S Y ^a   Shinnar, S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cumulative risk; Elderly; Epilepsy; Incidence; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 33748776284     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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