Guidelines for the management of epilepsy in the elderly

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, treatmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta neurologica Belgica 2006-09, Vol.106 (3), p.111-116
Hauptverfasser:	OSSEMANN, M, BRULS, E, LIENARD, F, LIEVENS, I, SADZOT, B, VAN RIJCKEVORSEL, K, DE BORCHGRAVE, V, DE COCK, C, DELCOURT, C, DELVAUX, V, DEPONDT, C, DE TOURCHANINOFF, M, GRISAR, T, LEGROS, B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Algorithms Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Brain - drug effects Brain - physiopathology Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases Epilepsy - diagnosis Epilepsy - drug therapy Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0300-9009 2240-2993