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SUBMITTER: Vossel KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4013391 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vossel Keith A KA Beagle Alexander J AJ Rabinovici Gil D GD Shu Huidy H Lee Suzee E SE Naasan Georges G Hegde Manu M Cornes Susannah B SB Henry Maya L ML Nelson Alexandra B AB Seeley William W WW Geschwind Michael D MD Gorno-Tempini Maria L ML Shih Tina T Kirsch Heidi E HE Garcia Paul A PA Miller Bruce L BL Mucke Lennart L
JAMA neurology 20130901 9
<h4>Importance</h4>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.<h4>Objective ...[more]