title: [The problem of epilepsy of late onset].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We have reviewed and analyzed aspects of the concept of late onset epilepsy and its medical significance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of the historical progression of the concept and its aetiologies show variations depending on series, geographical region and historical period in which they were carried out. Thus in former times it was considered to be synonymous with a tumorous or traumatic aetiology and more recently there is a predominance of vascular causes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of the different means of diagnosis for establishing the aetiology of this patient's group is given further consideration.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fernández-Concepción
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gómez-García
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: El problema de la epilepsia de debut tardío.