1. Acute and Chronic Seizures in Patients Older Than 60 Years
Joseph I. Sirven, MD 
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages (February 2001)
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2. Figure 1
Age-specific average annual incidence of epilepsy per 100,000 population. Adapted from Hauser et al.1
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3. Figure 2
Algorithm for the treatment of epilepsy in adults older than 60 years. Note, the first seizure is often not treated if no specific cause for the seizure is found. AED = antiepileptic drug.
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