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Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients
The incidence and prevalence of epilepsy are highest in elderly people, and the etiologies of epilepsy in the elderly differ from those in other age groups. Moreover, diagnosing and treating epilepsy in elderly people may be challenging due to differences in clinical characteristics and physiologica...
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Korean Neurological Association
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7542002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029960 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.556 |
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| author | Seo, Jong-Geun Cho, Yong Won Kim, Keun Tae Kim, Dong Wook Yang, Kwang Ik Lee, Soon-Tae Byun, Jung-Ick No, Young Joo Kang, Kyung Wook Kim, Daeyoung |
| author_facet | Seo, Jong-Geun Cho, Yong Won Kim, Keun Tae Kim, Dong Wook Yang, Kwang Ik Lee, Soon-Tae Byun, Jung-Ick No, Young Joo Kang, Kyung Wook Kim, Daeyoung |
| author_sort | Seo, Jong-Geun |
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| description | The incidence and prevalence of epilepsy are highest in elderly people, and the etiologies of epilepsy in the elderly differ from those in other age groups. Moreover, diagnosing and treating epilepsy in elderly people may be challenging due to differences in clinical characteristics and physiological changes associated with aging. This review focuses on the pharmacological treatment of epilepsy in elderly patients. |
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| spelling | pubmed-75420022020-10-19 Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients Seo, Jong-Geun Cho, Yong Won Kim, Keun Tae Kim, Dong Wook Yang, Kwang Ik Lee, Soon-Tae Byun, Jung-Ick No, Young Joo Kang, Kyung Wook Kim, Daeyoung J Clin Neurol Review The incidence and prevalence of epilepsy are highest in elderly people, and the etiologies of epilepsy in the elderly differ from those in other age groups. Moreover, diagnosing and treating epilepsy in elderly people may be challenging due to differences in clinical characteristics and physiological changes associated with aging. This review focuses on the pharmacological treatment of epilepsy in elderly patients. Korean Neurological Association 2020-10 2020-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7542002/ /pubmed/33029960 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.556 Text en Copyright © 2020 Korean Neurological Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Review Seo, Jong-Geun Cho, Yong Won Kim, Keun Tae Kim, Dong Wook Yang, Kwang Ik Lee, Soon-Tae Byun, Jung-Ick No, Young Joo Kang, Kyung Wook Kim, Daeyoung Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients |
| title | Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients |
| title_full | Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients |
| title_fullStr | Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients |
| title_short | Pharmacological Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly Patients |
| title_sort | pharmacological treatment of epilepsy in elderly patients |
| topic | Review |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7542002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029960 http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2020.16.4.556 |
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