Cognitive‐behavioral screening in elderly patients with new‐onset epilepsy before treatment

Cognitive comorbidity at epilepsy onset reflects disease severity and provides a baseline estimate of reserve capacities with regard to the effects of epilepsy and its treatment. Given the high incidence of epilepsy at an older age, this study analyzed objective and subjective cognition as well as quality of life in elderly patients with new‐onset focal epilepsy before initiation of anti‐epileptic treatment.

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