THERAPY FOR EPILEPSY IN MIDDLE-AGED AND ELDERLY PATIENTS
The authors consider the specific features of epilepsy in middle-aged and elderly patients: a preponderance of focal symptomatic and cryptogenic epilepsies, a frequent combination with concomitant mental and somatic diseases, and a relative efficacy of small-dose antiepileptic drugs (AED). Choice of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Russian |
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IMA-PRESS LLC
2009-03-01
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Series: | Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика |
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Online Access: | https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/11 |
Summary: | The authors consider the specific features of epilepsy in middle-aged and elderly patients: a preponderance of focal symptomatic and cryptogenic epilepsies, a frequent combination with concomitant mental and somatic diseases, and a relative efficacy of small-dose antiepileptic drugs (AED). Choice of therapy is noted to depend on the form of epilepsy/type of seizures, comorbidity and used medicines. A major focus is on the use of basic AEDs R carbamazepine and valproates. Data on the promise for using depakine chronosphere in middle-aged and elderly patients are given. |
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ISSN: | 2074-2711 2310-1342 |