Seizures and epileptiform activity in the early stages of Alzheimer disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Epileptic activity associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) deserves increased attention because it has a harmful impact on these patients, can easily go unrecognized and untreated, and may reflect pathogenic processes that also contribute to other aspects of the illness. We report key features of AD-related seizures and epileptiform activity that are instructive for clinical practice and highlight similarities between AD and transgenic animal models of the disease.

Objective

To describe common clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) or early AD who also have epilepsy or subclinical epileptiform activity.

Design

Retrospective observational study from 2007 to 2012. SETTING Memory and Aging Cent

SUBMITTER: Vossel KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4013391 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature