Seizures and Epilepsy in the Elderly

by R. Eugene Ramsay, Eugene Ramsay, A. James Rowan, et al.

Epileptic seizures in the elderly population occur more frequently that previously thought. Recent epidemiologic data indicate that the incidence of seizures rises sharply after middle age. Seizures occur because of previous stroke or head trauma in
addition to a variety of systemic derangements, drugs, drug withdrawal, or acute intracranial disease. The aging process creates particular problems in diagnosis, specific therapy, and long-term management...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750696222
• ISBN13: 9780750696227
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.