title: [Epilepsy in the elderly people].
abstract: Recently an increasing number of cases of epilepsy revealed after 60 years of age have been noted. Epilepsy in the elderly may cause some diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties, it constitutes social problems as well. The authors present current epidemiological data, discuss pathogenesis of seizures, clinical course and prognosis, rules of differential diagnosis and treatment, highlighting specific features of the disease in this age group.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Neurologii Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Mieszko M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Zagrajek
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pokryszko-Dragan
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilińska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis