Are psychiatric disorders independent risk factors for new-onset epilepsy in older individuals?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-74

  Ettinger, Alan B ^a   Copeland, Laurel A ^b,c   Zeber, John E ^b,c   Cott, Anne C Van ^d   Pugh, Mary Jo V ^b,e  

^a Neurological Surgery PC   (United States)

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

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Elderly; Epilepsy; Mental disorders; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 72949095873     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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