Advanced Alzheimer's disease is a risk factor for late-onset seizures
MF Romanelli, JC Morris, K Ashkin… - Archives of …, 1990 - jamanetwork.com
• To determine the role of Alzheimer's disease as a causative factor for lateonset epilepsy,
44 subjects with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type and 58 healthy control subjects
were examined over a 90-month period for the development of focal or generalized seizure
activity (excluding myoclonus). At entry, all subjects were free of prior seizures and other
neurologic, medical, and psychiatric disorders with the potential to impair cognition.
Although no control subject developed seizures during the study period, 7 subjects with …
44 subjects with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type and 58 healthy control subjects
were examined over a 90-month period for the development of focal or generalized seizure
activity (excluding myoclonus). At entry, all subjects were free of prior seizures and other
neurologic, medical, and psychiatric disorders with the potential to impair cognition.
Although no control subject developed seizures during the study period, 7 subjects with …