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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES CT Findings in Late-Onset Epilepsy
We reviewed the CT findings of 387 patients with new-onset seizures after the age of 50. Seizures were generalized in 212 patients, focal in 160, and indeterminant in 15. CT scanning revealed cerebral atrophy in 113 cases, ischemic lesions in 75, cerebral neoplasms in 20, and no abnormality in 177 cases. Tumours were found in only three patients with generalized seizures, and all three had foca...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100026627