New-onset epilepsy risk factors in older veterans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-242

  Pugh, Mary Jo V ^a,b   Knoefel, Janice E ^c   Mortensen, Eric M ^a,b   Amuan, Megan E ^d   Berlowitz, Dan R ^d,e   Van Cott, Anne C ^d,e,f  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Service   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort study; Epilepsy; Race; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 58849142989     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02124.x     Document Type: Article

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