Guidelines for the management of epilepsy in the elderly.
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.
Ossemann
M
M
Service de neurologie, Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium. ossemann@nchm.ucl.ac.be
Bruls
E
E
de Borchgrave
V
V
De Cock
C
C
Delcourt
C
C
Delvaux
V
V
Depondt
C
C
de Tourchaninoff
M
M
Grisar
T
T
Legros
B
B
Liénard
F
F
Lievens
I
I
Sadzot
B
B
van Rijckevorsel
K
K
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
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