Epilepsy in the elderly: Special considerations and challenges

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Acharya, Jayant N ^a   Acharya, Vinita J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; elderly; epilepsy; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEUROIMAGING; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84898751638     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.128645     Document Type: Article

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