title: The phantom of progressive dementia in epilepsy.
abstract: Age regression measures of memory in patients with epilepsy show that increased incidence of amnesia/dementia is not the consequence of progressive epilepsy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Helmstaedter
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Elger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged