Epilepsy epidemiology

Ferro JM, Pinto F (2004). Poststroke epilepsy epidemiology pathophysiology and management. Drugs and Aging 21 639-653... 

Crawford, P. M. Epidemiology of intractable focal epilepsy. In Intractable Focal Epilepsy. Eds Oxbury J. M., Polkey C. E. and Duchowny, M. London Harcourt, 2000, pp25-40. 

Faught E. Epidemiology and drug treatment of epilepsy in elderly people. Drugs Aging 1999 15 255-269. 

Sander JW. The epidemiology of epilepsy revisited. Curr Opin Neurol. 2003 16 165-170. 

A large number of epidemiology and case-control studies have examined the potential association between oral aluminum exposure and Alzheimer s disease. A number of these studies have been criticized for flawed patient selection, poor comparability of exposed and control groups, poor exposure assessment, poor assessment of health outcomes, and weak statistical correlations (Nieboer et al. 1995 Schupf et al. 1989). Studies conducted by Martyn et al. (1989), McLachlan et al. (1996), and Michel et al. (1990) have found an association between oral exposure to aluminum and an increased risk of Alzheimer s disease. In a survey study conducted by Martyn et al. (1989), the incidence of Alzheimer s disease in individuals under the age of 70 was estimated from computerized tomographic (CT) records. The 1,203 subjects lived in 88 county districts within England and Wales. Data on aluminum concentrations in the municipal water over a 10-year period were obtained from water authorities and water companies. The subjects were classified as having probable Alzheimer s disease, possible Alzheimer s disease, other causes of dementia, or epilepsy. The relative risks of Alzheimer s disease were elevated in the subjects living in districts with aluminum water concentrations of >0.01 mg/L. However, the relative risk exceeded unity only in the subjects with aluminum water concentrations of >0.11 mg/L (relative risk of 1.5, 95% confidence interval of 1.1-2.2). 

Epidemiology and Classification of Epilepsy Gender Comparisons John C. McHugh and Norman Delanty... 

Bredkjaer SR, Mortensen PB, Parnas J. Epilepsy and non-organic non-affective psychosis. National epidemiologic study. Br J Psychiatry 1998 172 235-8. 

Annegers JE. The epidemiology of epilepsy. In Wylie E, ed. The Treatment of Epilepsy, 3d ed. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams Wilkins ... 

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