Idiopathic generalised epilepsies in the elderly: The viewpoint of a geriatrician;Épilepsies généralisées idiopathiques chez le sujet âgé : le point de vue du gériatre

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 165, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 924-932

  Nguyen Michel, V H ^a,b   Ourabah, Z ^a   Sebban, C ^a   Lavallard Rousseau, M C ^c   Adam, C ^b,d,e  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^b Clinique Paul Castaigne   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Antiepileptic Drugs; Electroencephalography; Generalised Epilepsy; Status Epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FUROSEMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; LYSINE ACETYLSALICYLATE; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CLONAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 70449523366     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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