Incidence of epilepsy is now higher in elderly people than children
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly People
Objectives: Diagnosis & treatment of diseases in elderly people needs especial capabilities. There is no exception for epilepsy in this regard. According to different researches, high incidence of convulsion in elderly people is growing. On the other hand, growing of age in (human) societies results in increasing the number of elderly persons. Methods & Materials: In recent years, our countr...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7133.780