Special problems: Adults and elderly

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Stephen, Linda J ^a   Brodie, Martin J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epilepsy; First seizure; Investigation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 37749051238     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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