Efficacy of phenobarbital in treating elderly epilepsy patients in rural northeast China: a community-based intervention trial

In the latest study, there were approximately 45.9 million individuals with active epilepsy (at least one breakthrough seizure in the past 5 years) globally and approximately 3.26 million patients with epilepsy (PWE) in China [1]. Epilepsy is the third most common neurological disorder in the elderly population after stroke and dementia [2] and is comparatively more frequent in this population than in the young population [3]. The number of patients with late-onset epilepsy (LOE; recurrent unprovoked seizures starting at 60 years or older [4]) has increased significantly, representing up to 25% of new-onset epilepsies [5].
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research