Incidence and risk of seizures in Alzheimer's disease: A nationwide population-based cohort study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-66

  Cheng, Chia Hsiung ^a   Liu, Chia Jen ^b,c   Ou, Shuo Ming ^c   Yeh, Chiu Mei ^c   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^c   Lin, Yung Yang ^b,c   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Asia; Incidence; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAN CHINESE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; AGE; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84937840904     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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