title: [Intermittent confusional states as an expression of epileptic seizures in elderly patients].
abstract: We report on eight elderly people with acute recurrent confusional states. The cause of these was a symptomatic epileptic focal complex (psychomotor) seizure status.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neurologie, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Berlin.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Finck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003221:Confusion / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Intermittierende Verwirrtheitszustände als Ausdruck epileptischer Anfälle bei älteren Patienten.