Articles

Risk of Epileptic Seizures In Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

  • Fulvio A. Scorza
    Disciplina de Neurociˆ encia. Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de S˜ao Paulo/. (EPM/UNIFESP). S˜ao Paulo, Brasil
  • Ana C Fiorini
    Programa de Estudos P´os-Graduado em Fonoaudiologia. Pontif´ıcia Universidade Cat´ olica de S˜ao Paulo (PUC-SP). Departamento de Fonoaudiologia. Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de S˜ao Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP). S˜ao Paulo, Brasil
  • Carla A. Scorza
    Disciplina de Neurociˆ encia. Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de S˜ao Paulo/. (EPM/UNIFESP). S˜ao Paulo, Brasil
  • Josef Finsterer
    Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria
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Published 2018-06-07 Issue Vol. 6 Núm. 6 (2018) Pages 55-56 Section Articles
DOI 10.15520/jmbas.v6i6.114
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Resumen

In a recent article about the prevalence of epilepsy in
Parkinson’s disease, Gruntz et al. found that among 23086
Parkinson’s disease patients, 284 (1.6%) had an incident
seizure1. Parkinson’s disease was associated with an
increased risk of epilepsy, particularly among those with
dementia or >1 seizure-provoking comorbidity1. We have
the following comments and concerns.

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How to Cite

Fulvio A. Scorza, Ana C Fiorini, Carla A. Scorza, Josef Finsterer (2018). Risk of Epileptic Seizures In Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Medical Biomedical and Applied Sciences , Vol. 6 Núm. 6 (2018) , 55-56 . https://doi.org/10.15520/jmbas.v6i6.114

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