Retrospective study of seizure-related injuries in older people: A 10-year observation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-444

  Lees, Andrea ^a  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute trauma; Aged; Epilepsy; Falls; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649512966     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.08.021     Document Type: Article

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