Clinical Features of Late-Onset Seizures
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Results: In the 138 patients, whose mean age was 75.6 ± 7.2 years at the time of first seizure, we found the most common seizure type was generalized seizure and the most common etiologic factor was cerebrovascular diseases. Levetirasetam was the most used antiepileptic drug, and for the overall group, the rate of adverse effect of the antiepileptic drugs were 20.3%. At the last visit, 89.9% of the patients were seizure free with a mean time of 17.8±22.7 months.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016