Outcome of newly-diagnosed epilepsy in older patients

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Besocke, A G ^a   Rosso, B ^a   Cristiano, E ^a   Valiensi, S M ^a   García, M del C ^a   Gonorazky, S E ^b   Romano, L M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL PRIVADO DE COMUNIDAD   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epilepsy in older people; Epilepsy prognosis in older people; Outcome of epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; STRUCTURAL METABOLIC EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873845961     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.11.041     Document Type: Article

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