title: Guidelines for the management of epilepsy in the elderly.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium. ossemann@nchm.ucl.ac.be
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ossemann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruls
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Borchgrave
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Cock
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delcourt
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delvaux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Depondt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Tourchaninoff
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grisar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Legros
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liénard
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lievens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sadzot
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Rijckevorsel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants