Epileptic Amnesic Syndrome revealing Alzheimer's disease

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-209

  Cretin, Benjamin ^a,b   Blanc, Frederic ^a,b   Gaultier, Claude ^c   Sellal, François ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Civilian Hospital of Colmar   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epileptic Amnesic Syndrome; Late onset temporal lobe epilepsy; MCI; Partial seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPTIC AMNESIC SYNDROME; EPILEPTIC AMNESTIC SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84870297452     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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