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Comment
. 2023 Jan;64(1):247-248.
doi: 10.1111/epi.17456. Epub 2022 Nov 15.

Letter to the Editor regarding "Management of epilepsy in older adults: A critical review by the ILAE Task Force on Epilepsy in the Elderly"

Panagiotis Kerezoudis  1 , Gregory A Worrell  2 , Jamie J Van Gompel  1
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Letter to the Editor regarding "Management of epilepsy in older adults: A critical review by the ILAE Task Force on Epilepsy in the Elderly"

Panagiotis Kerezoudis et al. Epilepsia. 2023 Jan.
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Keywords: elderly; epilepsy; recommendations; review; seizure freedom.

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