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Guidelines for the management of epilepsy in the elderly.

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Ossemann, Michel [MONT] Bruls, E de Borchgrave, V Decock, Cony [UCL] Delcourt, C de Tourtchaninoff, Marianne [UCL] Liénard, Françoise [UCL] Van Rijckevorsel, Germaine [UCL]

Seizures starting in patients over 60 years old are frequent. Diagnosis is sometimes difficult and frequently under- or overrated. Cerebrovascular disorders are the main cause of a first seizure. Because of more frequent comorbidities, physiologic changes, and a higher sensitivity to drugs, treatment has some specificity in elderly people. The aim of this paper is to present the result of a consensus meeting held in October 2004 by a Belgian French-speaking group of epileptologists and to propose guidelines for the management and the treatment of epilepsy in elderly people.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche – Journal Article, Practice Guideline
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2006
Language Anglais
Journal information "Acta neurologica Belgica" - Vol. 106, no. 3, p. 111-6 (2006)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0300-9009
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie
UCL - (MGD) Service de neurologie
UCL - MD/NOPS - Département de neurologie et de psychiatrie
UCL - MD/FSIO - Département de physiologie et pharmacologie
UCL - (SLuc) Centre neurologique William Lennox
UCL - (SLuc) Centre de référence pour l'épilepsie réfractaire
MESH Subject Aged ; Algorithms ; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use ; Brain - drug effects - physiopathology ; Epilepsy - diagnosis - drug therapy ; Humans
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Bibliographic reference Ossemann, Michel ; Bruls, E ; de Borchgrave, V ; Decock, Cony ; Delcourt, C ; et. al. Guidelines for the management of epilepsy in the elderly.. In: Acta neurologica Belgica, Vol. 106, no. 3, p. 111-6 (2006)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/27393