title: [Peculiarities of pathogenesis, clinical picture and new approaches to the treatment of symptomatic epilepsy in the elderly and geriatric patients].
abstract: The purpose of this work was to find out single pathogenetic mechanisms of epilepsy development in elderly patients with chronic brain blood-circulation deficiency. There were results of 49 patients' clinical study aged 64-86, suffering from epilepsy with the disease onset after 60. The correlation between the degree of atherosclerotic lesions of brain vessels and epileptic activity presented in EEG is given in the paper. The clinical example of successful treatment of hemodynamic-valuable stenosis of carotic artery in patients with symptomatic post-stoke epilepsy is supplied. The question of drug ethiopathogenic treatment and anti-convulsant application in elderly patients is discussed.
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Kirillovskikh
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shershever
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Dubskikh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D000792:Angiography; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants